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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
468 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1829.json
- https://kernel.dance/#8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1829
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0001/