CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-3390

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.87%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a dangling pointer in the same transaction causing a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker with user access can escalate privileges.

Risk Assessment

Risk of privilege escalation by a local user, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing commit 1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a dangling pointer in the same transaction causing a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue. We recommend upgrading past commit 1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS