vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2015-1573: ELSA-2015-1137: kernel security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2016
Added
Oct 16, 2024
Modified
Nov 30, 2024

Description

The nft_flush_table function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 mishandles the interaction between cross-chain jumps and ruleset flushes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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