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Linux Linux — netfilter: nftables: clone set element expression template
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0024 15.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 4094445229760d0d31a4190dfe88fe815c9fc34e – —
Linux 5.7 – 5.10.64
TIMELINE
Feb 25 Reserved by Linux
Feb 27 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2021-46913 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nftables: clone set element expression template
memcpy() breaks when using connlimit in set elements. Use
nft_expr_clone() to initialize the connlimit expression list, otherwise
connlimit garbage collector crashes when walking on the list head copy.
[ 493.064656] Workqueue: events_power_efficient nft_rhash_gc [nf_tables]
[ 493.064685] RIP: 0010:find_or_evict+0x5a/0x90 [nf_conncount]
[ 493.064694] Code: 2b 43 40 83 f8 01 77 0d 48 c7 c0 f5 ff ff ff 44 39 63 3c 75 df 83 6d 18 01 48 8b 43 08 48 89 de 48 8b 13 48 8b 3d ee 2f 00 00 <48> 89 42 08 48 89 10 48 b8 00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 48 89 03 48 83
[ 493.064699] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000417dc0 EFLAGS: 00010297
[ 493.064704] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888134f38410 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 493.064708] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888134f38410 RDI: ffff888100060cc0
[ 493.064711] RBP: ffff88812ce594a8 R08: ffff888134f38438 R09: 00000000ebb9025c
[ 493.064714] R10: ffffffff8219f838 R11: 0000000000000017 R12: 0000000000000001
[ 493.064718] R13: ffffffff82146740 R14: ffff888134f38410 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 493.064721] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88840e440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 493.064725] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 493.064729] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 00000001330aa002 CR4: 00000000001706e0
[ 493.064733] Call Trace:
[ 493.064737] nf_conncount_gc_list+0x8f/0x150 [nf_conncount]
[ 493.064746] nft_rhash_gc+0x106/0x390 [nf_tables]
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 25, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 27, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2021-46913 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4094445229760d0d31a4190dfe88fe815c9fc34e | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.7 | 5.10.64 |
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