CVE-2021-46283

openSUSE Security Advisory - openSUSE-SU-2022:0169-1

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

nf_tables_newset in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault) because of the missing initialization for nft_set_elem_expr_alloc. A local user can set a netfilter table expression in their own namespace.

La función nf_tables_newset en el archivo net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c en el kernel de Linux versiones anteriores a 5.12.13, permite a usuarios locales causar una denegación de servicio (desreferencia de puntero NULL y fallo de protección general) debido a una falta de inicialización de la función nft_set_elem_expr_alloc. Un usuario local puede establecer una expresión de la tabla netfilter en su propio espacio de nombres

An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has 32 fixes is now available. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-01-11 CVE Reserved
2022-01-11 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-665: Improper Initialization

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=22c3987f75a7b90e238a26b5a5920525c2d1f345	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ad9f151e560b016b6ad3280b48e42fa11e1a5440	2022-01-20

URL	Date	SRC
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.13	2022-01-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 5.12.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.12.13"		-		Affected