NetSight
high7.8

CVE-2023-5197

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. Addition and removal of rules from chain bindings within the same transaction causes leads to use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DebianDebian Linux
Version 10.0
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.9.0 before 5.10.198
from 5.11 before 5.15.134
from 5.16 before 6.1.56
from 6.2 before 6.5.6

Weakness classification

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