CVE-2023-4015
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. On an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nft_immediate_deactivate() can lead unbinding the chain and objects be deactivated but later used. We recommend upgrading past commit 0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve-coordination@google.com
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kernel.dance/0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kernel.dance/0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.