CVE-2023-54035

Linux Kernel 6.4.0-6.4.3 - Reference Counter Underflow in nf_tables Chain Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in chain reference counter Set element addition error path decrements reference counter on chains twice: once on element release and again via nft_data_release(). Then, d6b478666ffa ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in object reference counter") incorrectly fixed this by removing the stateful object reference count decrement. Restore the stateful object decrement as in b91d90368837 ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix leaking object reference count") and let nft_data_release() decrement the chain reference counter, so this is done only once.

Scores

EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.8%

Details

Status published
Products (19)
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.4.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 25aa2ad37c2162be1c0bc4fe6397f7e4c13f00f8
Linux/Linux 35651fde1a7bb54dde0a46d35cd0d7136869ae86 - b068314fd8ce751a7f906e55bb90f3551815f1a0
Linux/Linux 3c7ec098e3b588434a8b07ea9b5b36f04cef1f50
Linux/Linux 4.19.316 - 4.20
Linux/Linux 5.10.188 - 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.15.121 - 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.4.262 - 5.5
Linux/Linux 6.3.10 - 6.4
... and 9 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026