USN-6645-1
Not scored
linux vulnerability
It was discovered that the netfilter connection tracker for netlink in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
Exploit probability
Not scored
Published
February 20, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
June 29, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
171 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
USN-6645-1
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It was discovered that the netfilter connection tracker for netlink in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
05 / REFERENCES