Memory Leak Affecting reiserfs-kmp-default package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.158.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-REISERFSKMPDEFAULT-7723259
  • published20 Aug 2024
  • disclosed3 May 2024

Introduced: 3 May 2024

CVE-2023-7192  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 reiserfs-kmp-default to version 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reiserfs-kmp-default package and not the reiserfs-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

version 3.1