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CVE-2023-7192 — A memory leak problem was found in ctnetlink_create_conntrack in net/netfilter/n

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
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.02% (top 94.20%)
CWE
CWE-401
Published
2024-01-02T19:02:45.371Z
Last modified
2025-11-20T18:07:32.157Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support0:4.18.0-193.133.1.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service0:4.18.0-193.133.1.rt13.184.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service0:4.18.0-193.133.1.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:4.18.0-193.133.1.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service0:4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service0:4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support0:4.18.0-372.95.1.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-70.93.2.el9_0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-70.93.1.rt21.165.el9_0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2
Red HatRed Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-372.95.1.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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