CVE-2023-53566

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 4, 2025
First seenOct 4, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.10.166 ≤ v < 5.10.181, 5.15.91 ≤ v < 5.15.113, 6.1.9 ≤ v < 6.1.30, 6.2.1 ≤ v < 6.3.4, 6.2, 6.45.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4

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