What the vulnerability does

01Description

In nf_tables_updtable, if nf_tables_table_enable returns an error, nft_trans_destroy is called to free the transaction object. nft_trans_destroy() calls list_del(), but the transaction was never placed on a list -- the list head is all zeroes, this results in a NULL pointer dereference.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 28, 2023 CVE published
March 18, 2025 Record updated