CVE-2023-53566
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.10.166-5.10.180 - NULL Pointer Dereference in nft_set_rbtree Element Insertion
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: fix null deref on element insertion There is no guarantee that rb_prev() will not return NULL in nft_rbtree_gc_elem(): general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000003: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f] nft_add_set_elem+0x14b0/0x2990 nf_tables_newsetelem+0x528/0xb30 Furthermore, there is a possible use-after-free while iterating, 'node' can be free'd so we need to cache the next value to use.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
2.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux
< 6.2
Linux/Linux
181859bdfb9734aca449512fccaee4cacce64aed - 899aa5638568abf5d69de7a7bb95e4615157375b
Linux/Linux
2bf1435fa19d2c58054391b3bba40d5510a5758c - ec5caa765f7f6960011c919c9aeb1467940421f6
Linux/Linux
318cb24a4c3fce8140afaf84e4d45fcb76fb280b - a836be60a3aabcedcd9c79f545d409ace1f20ba6
Linux/Linux
4aacf3d78424293e318c616016865380b37b9cc5 - 3fa13203b6d90cc3a33af47b058739f92ab82eef
Linux/Linux
5.10.166 - 5.10.181
Linux/Linux
5.10.181 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.113 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.91 - 5.15.113
Linux/Linux
6.1.30 - 6.1.*
... and 10 more
Published
Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026