netfilter: nf_tables: don't fail inserts if duplicate has expired
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: don't fail inserts if duplicate has expired nftables selftests fail: run-tests.sh testcases/sets/0044interval_overlap_0 Expected: 0-2 . 0-3, got: W: [FAILED] ./testcases/sets/0044interval_overlap_0: got 1 Insertion must ignore duplicate but expired entries. Moreover, there is a strange asymmetry in nft_pipapo_activate: It refetches the current element, whereas the other ->activate callbacks (bitmap, hash, rhash, rbtree) use elem->priv. Same for .remove: other set implementations take elem->priv, nft_pipapo_remove fetches elem->priv, then does a relookup, remove this. I suspect this was the reason for the change that prompted the removal of the expired check in pipapo_get() in the first place, but skipping exired elements there makes no sense to me, this helper is used for normal get requests, insertions (duplicate check) and deactivate callback. In first two cases expired elements must be skipped. For ->deactivate(), this gets called for DELSETELEM, so it seems to me that expired elements should be skipped as well, i.e. delete request should fail with -ENOENT error.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.19.316 to before 4.20; 5.4.262 to before 5.5 | 4.20, 5.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 6.4.11 to before 6.4.12 | 6.4.12 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.20, 5.5
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.4.12
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52925
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cgvr-gqfv-x5mj
References
Patch 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/891ca5dfe3b718b441fc786014a7ba8f517da188
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af78b0489e8898a8c9449ffc0fdd2e181916f0d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59ee68c437c562170265194a99698c805a686bb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156369a702c33ad5434a19c3a689bfb836d4e0b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7845914f45f066497ac75b30c50dbc735e84e884
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Sources
- CVE-2023-52925 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-52925 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cgvr-gqfv-x5mj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-52925 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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