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netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API Use the GC transaction API to replace the old and buggy gc API and the busy mark approach. No set elements are removed from async garbage collection anymore, instead the _DEAD bit is set on so the set element is not visible from lookup path anymore. Async GC enqueues transaction work that might be aborted and retried later. rbtree and pipapo set backends does not set on the _DEAD bit from the sync GC path since this runs in control plane path where mutex is held. In this case, set elements are deactivated, removed and then released via RCU callback, sync GC never fails.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.19.316, 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 5.4.262, 6.1.56, 6.4.11
CVEs
CVE-2023-52923
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 00:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jan 2025, 10:48 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API Use the GC transaction API to replace the old and buggy gc API and the busy mark approach. No set elements are removed from async garbage collection anymore, instead the _DEAD bit is set on so the set element is not visible from lookup path anymore. Async GC enqueues transaction work that might be aborted and retried later. rbtree and pipapo set backends does not set on the _DEAD bit from the sync GC path since this runs in control plane path where mutex is held. In this case, set elements are deactivated, removed and then released via RCU callback, sync GC never fails.

osv:CVE-2023-52923

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.19.316, 5.4.262, 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.4.11

Complete source record
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