# netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: skip sync GC for new elements in this transaction

CVE record · `CVE-2023-52433`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-52433`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-273](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/273.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-273](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-273.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 20 Feb 2024, 12:52 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `cb4d00b563675ba8ff6ef94b077f58d816f68ba3 to before 9db9feb841f7449772f9393c16b9ef4536d8c127` (git)
  - affected: `c357648929c8dff891502349769aafb8f0452bc2 to before 03caf75da1059f0460666c826e9f50e13dfd0017` (git)
  - affected: `146c76866795553dbc19998f36718d7986ad302b to before c323ed65f66e5387ee0a73452118d49f1dae81b8` (git)
  - affected: `479a2cf5259347d6a1f658b0f791d27a34908e91 to before 9af7dfb3c9d7985172a240f85e684c5cd33e29ce` (git)
  - affected: `df650d6a4bf47248261b61ef6b174d7c54034d15 to before 9a8c544158f68f656d1734eb5ba00c4f817b76b1` (git)
  - affected: `f6c383b8c31a93752a52697f8430a71dcbc46adf to before e3213ff99a355cda811b41e8dbb3472d13167a3a` (git)
  - affected: `f6c383b8c31a93752a52697f8430a71dcbc46adf to before 2ee52ae94baabf7ee09cf2a8d854b990dac5d0e4` (git)
  - affected: `e4d71d6a9c7db93f7bf20c3a0f0659d63d7de681` (git)
  - affected: `6.4.11 to before 6.5` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.5`
  - unaffected: `before 6.5` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.5.4 to 6.5.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux) (used for this record)
- 4.4 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0026, the 18th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 20 Feb 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-52433](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52433)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-52433](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52433)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9db9feb841f7449772f9393c16b9ef4536d8c127>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03caf75da1059f0460666c826e9f50e13dfd0017>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c323ed65f66e5387ee0a73452118d49f1dae81b8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af7dfb3c9d7985172a240f85e684c5cd33e29ce>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a8c544158f68f656d1734eb5ba00c4f817b76b1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3213ff99a355cda811b41e8dbb3472d13167a3a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ee52ae94baabf7ee09cf2a8d854b990dac5d0e4>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2023-52433>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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