{"id":"CVE-2023-53619","revision":"8106dc684a604568943e12a6cdacda12","records":[{"revision":"8106dc684a604568943e12a6cdacda12","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2023-53619","aliases":[],"title":"netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free\n\nIf nf_conntrack_init_start() fails (for example due to a\nregister_nf_conntrack_bpf() failure), the nf_conntrack_helper_fini()\nclean-up path frees the nf_ct_helper_hash map.\n\nWhen built with NF_CONNTRACK=y, further netfilter modules (e.g:\nnetfilter_conntrack_ftp) can still be loaded and call\nnf_conntrack_helpers_register(), independently of whether nf_conntrack\ninitialized correctly. This accesses the nf_ct_helper_hash dangling\npointer and causes a uaf, possibly leading to random memory corruption.\n\nThis patch guards nf_conntrack_helper_register() from accessing a freed\nor uninitialized nf_ct_helper_hash pointer and fixes possible\nuses-after-free when loading a conntrack module.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-10-07T15:19:26.003+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T21:41:31.97+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"12f7a505331e6b2754684b509f2ac8f0011ce644\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"4ee69c91cb8f9ca144bc0861969e5a1a3c6152a7\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"12f7a505331e6b2754684b509f2ac8f0011ce644\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"00716f25f9697d02a0d9bd622575c7c7321ba3d0\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"12f7a505331e6b2754684b509f2ac8f0011ce644\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"61c7a5256543ae7d24cd9d21853d514c8632e1e9\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                   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