CVE-2021-46283 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2021-46283?

CVE-2021-46283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

nf_tables_newset in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault) because of the missing initialization for nft_set_elem_expr_alloc. A local user can set a netfilter table expression in their own namespace.

Weakness: CWE-665

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-46283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-46283?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-46283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-46283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46283, GHSA-pc6g-g5m7-f2gr, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46283.