A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

Due to a race condition between nf_tables netlink control plane transaction and nft_set element garbage collection, it is possible to underflow the reference counter causing a use-after-free vulnerability.

We recommend upgrading past commit 3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8.
Advisories
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3623-1 linux-5.10 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3710-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-54115 A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Due to a race condition between nf_tables netlink control plane transaction and nft_set element garbage collection, it is possible to underflow the reference counter causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit 3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8.
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6537-1 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6681-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6681-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6681-4 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6716-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
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History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Description A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Due to a race condition between nf_tables netlink control plane transaction and nft_set element garbage collection, it is possible to underflow the reference counter causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit 3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8. A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Due to a race condition between nf_tables netlink control plane transaction and nft_set element garbage collection, it is possible to underflow the reference counter causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit 3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8.

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:09:20.006Z

Reserved: 2023-08-08T15:36:07.559Z

Link: CVE-2023-4244

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-06T14:15:11.877

Modified: 2025-02-13T17:17:16.750

Link: CVE-2023-4244

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-08-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4244 - Bugzilla

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