Re: CVE-Request -- Linux kernel - panic on nftables rule flush

[Florian Weimer <fweimer () redhat com>]

On 02/10/2015 07:42 AM, Wade Mealing wrote:
> Gday,
>
> I'd like to request a CVE for a denial of service attack found here here 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91441.
>
> A remote attacker with the NET_CAP_ADMIN capability could use this to panic (denial of service) a system if they were 
> able to flush a chain with a jump target.
>
> More info: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190966

This should “A local attacker with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability".

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security