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CVE-2023-1829 High

Use-after-free in tcindex (traffic control index filter) in the Linux Kernel

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root. We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.

Exploit probability 1.0%
Published April 12, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change July 15, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

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468 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

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04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-1829

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root. We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.

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05 / REFERENCES

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