{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53492 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53492 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53492 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53492 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53492 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53492/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53492/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53492","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53492/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53492","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53492","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53492","GHSA-rj62-f3v9-qqwj","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53492"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel netfilter","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel netfilter subsystem allows local attackers to cause a system crash by referencing deleted chains.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_tables: do not ignore genmask when looking up chain by id\n\nWhen adding a rule to a chain referring to its ID, if that chain had been\ndeleted on the same batch, the rule might end up referring to a deleted\nchain.\n\nThis will lead to a WARNING like following:\n\n[   33.098431] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[   33.098678] WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 69 at net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2037 nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260\n[   33.099217] Modules linked in:\n[   33.099388] CPU: 5 PID: 69 Comm: kworker/5:1 Not tainted 6.4.0+ #409\n[   33.099726] Workqueue: events nf_tables_trans_destroy_work\n[   33.100018] RIP: 0010:nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260\n[   33.100306] Code: 8b 7c 24 68 e8 64 9c ed fe 4c 89 e7 e8 5c 9c ed fe 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 89 c6 89 c7 c3 cc cc cc cc \u003c0f\u003e 0b 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 89 c6 89 c7\n[   33.101271] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004ffc48 EFLAGS: 00010202\n[   33.101546] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff888006fc0a28 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[   33.101920] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000\n[   33.102649] RBP: ffffc900004ffc78 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n[   33.103018] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880135ef500\n[   33.103385] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dead000000000122 R15: ffff888006fc0a10\n[   33.103762] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888024c80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[   33.104184] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[   33.104493] CR2: 00007fe863b56a50 CR3: 00000000124b0001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0\n[   33.104872] PKRU: 55555554\n[   33.104999] Call Trace:\n[   33.105113]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n[   33.105214]  ? show_regs+0x72/0x90\n[   33.105371]  ? __warn+0xa5/0x210\n[   33.105520]  ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260\n[   33.105732]  ? report_bug+0x1f2/0x200\n[   33.105902]  ? handle_bug+0x46/0x90\n[   33.106546]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x19/0x50\n[   33.106762]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20\n[   33.106995]  ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260\n[   33.107249]  ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x30/0x260\n[   33.107506]  nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x669/0x680\n[   33.107782]  ? mark_held_locks+0x28/0xa0\n[   33.107996]  ? __pfx_nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x10/0x10\n[   33.108294]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x28/0x70\n[   33.108538]  process_one_work+0x68c/0xb70\n[   33.108755]  ? lock_acquire+0x17f/0x420\n[   33.108977]  ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10\n[   33.109218]  ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x128/0x1d0\n[   33.109435]  ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x71/0x80\n[   33.109634]  worker_thread+0x2bd/0x700\n[   33.109817]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n[   33.110254]  kthread+0x18b/0x1d0\n[   33.110410]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[   33.110581]  ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50\n[   33.110757]  \u003c/TASK\u003e\n[   33.110866] irq event stamp: 1651\n[   33.111017] hardirqs last  enabled at (1659): [\u003cffffffffa206a209\u003e] __up_console_sem+0x79/0xa0\n[   33.111379] hardirqs last disabled at (1666): [\u003cffffffffa206a1ee\u003e] __up_console_sem+0x5e/0xa0\n[   33.111740] softirqs last  enabled at (1616): [\u003cffffffffa1f5d40e\u003e] __irq_exit_rcu+0x9e/0xe0\n[   33.112094] softirqs last disabled at (1367): [\u003cffffffffa1f5d40e\u003e] __irq_exit_rcu+0x9e/0xe0\n[   33.112453] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nThis is due to the nft_chain_lookup_byid ignoring the genmask. After this\nchange, adding the new rule will fail as it will not find the chain.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"netfilter: nf_tables: do not ignore genmask when looking up chain by id","id":"CVE-2023-53492","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"accel/qaic: tighten bounds checking in decode_message()","id":"CVE-2023-53493"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"start_kernel: Add __no_stack_protector function attribute","id":"CVE-2023-53491"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-10-01","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel netfilter subsystem allows local attackers to cause a system crash by referencing deleted chains.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53492/"}