NetSight
high7.8

CVE-2023-3610

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

Impact

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Flaw in the error handling of bound chains causes a use-after-free in the abort path of NFT_MSG_NEWRULE. The vulnerability requires CAP_NET_ADMIN to be triggered. We recommend upgrading past commit 4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.9 before 5.10.188
from 5.11 before 5.15.119
from 5.16 before 6.1.36
from 6.2 before 6.3.10
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 10.0, 11.0

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