A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The xt_u32 module did not validate the fields in the xt_u32 structure. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read by setting the size fields with a value beyond the array boundarie
A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The xt_u32 module did not validate the fields in the xt_u32 structure. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read by setting the size fields with a value beyond the array boundaries, leading to a crash or information disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unspecified |
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.