CVE-2023-4244 (GCVE-0-2023-4244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-06 13:53 – Updated: 2026-07-28 14:43
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VEX
Title
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-08-10 17:47
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