Vulnerabilities of functions nftFlushTable(), nfTablesDelChain(), nfTablesNewRule(), nfTablesDelRule(), and __nftReleaseTable() in Linux kernel, which allow attackers to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information, or enhance their privileges.

The vulnerabilities of the functions nftFlushTable, nfTablesDelChain, nfTablesNewRule, nfTablesDelRule, and nftReleaseTable in the Linux kernel are related to the reutilization of previously freed memory. Exploiting these vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality,...

SUSE CVE-2015-1573

The nftflushtable function in net/netfilter/nftablesapi.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 mishandles the interaction between cross-chain jumps and ruleset flushes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1573

The nftflushtable function in net/netfilter/nftablesapi.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 mishandles the interaction between cross-chain jumps and ruleset flushes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

Linux Kernel 'nft_flush_table' function local denial of service vulnerability

Linux is an open source computer operating system kernel. A local denial of service vulnerability exists in the Linux Kernel 'nftflushtable' function, which can be exploited by a local attacker with CAPNETADMIN to launch a denial of service attack...