CVE-2023-7192 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Kernel
CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-402 — Resource Leak14 documents9 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 2
Latest updateJul 16
Description
A memory leak problem was found in ctnetlink_create_conntrack in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack due to a refcount overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages2 packages
Also affects: Enterprise Linux 8.0, 9.0