CVE-2023-54035
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/12/2025
Last modified:
29/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in chain reference counter<br />
<br />
Set element addition error path decrements reference counter on chains<br />
twice: once on element release and again via nft_data_release().<br />
<br />
Then, d6b478666ffa ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in object<br />
reference counter") incorrectly fixed this by removing the stateful<br />
object reference count decrement.<br />
<br />
Restore the stateful object decrement as in b91d90368837 ("netfilter:<br />
nf_tables: fix leaking object reference count") and let<br />
nft_data_release() decrement the chain reference counter, so this is<br />
done only once.



