CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2021-46283
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.32%
Linux
Original NVD 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.
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