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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1829 High

UBUNTU-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 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ .

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 12, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-fips

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

99 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

62 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

78 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

112 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

84 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

53 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux

150 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

83 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

74 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

92 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

76 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

99 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

66 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

95 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS linux-bluefield

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

127 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure

103 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

82 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws

106 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

126 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-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 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ .

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence