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HistorySep 06, 2023 - 1:53 p.m.

CVE-2023-4244 Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component

2023-09-0613:53:24
CWE-416
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linux
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vulnerability
netfilter
privilege escalation
race condition
reference counter
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6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

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.