Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
785 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4244.json
- https://kernel.dance/3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4244