| Name | CVE-2023-42756 |
| Description | A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of `__ip_set_put` on a wrong `set`. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3623-1, ELA-991-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed |
| linux-5.10 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.10.226-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.10.218-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/27/2
https://git.kernel.org/linus/7433b6d2afd512d04398c73aa984d1e285be125b (6.6-rc3)