| Name | CVE-2015-1573 |
| Description | The nft_flush_table function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 mishandles the interaction between cross-chain jumps and ruleset flushes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.1.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in v3.18-rc1, never in the archive outside of experimental)
Fixed by https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf.git/commit/?id=a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac (v3.19-rc5)
Introduced by http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9ac12ef099707f405d7478009564302d7ed8393 (v3.18-rc1)
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91441