CVE-2023-4206 (GCVE-0-2023-4206)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-06 13:53 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_route component
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_route component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
When route4_change() is called on an existing filter, the whole tcf_result struct is always copied into the new instance of the filter. This causes a problem when updating a filter bound to a class, as tcf_unbind_filter() is always called on the old instance in the success path, decreasing filter_cnt of the still referenced class and allowing it to be deleted, leading to a use-after-free.
We recommend upgrading past commit b80b829e9e2c1b3f7aae34855e04d8f6ecaf13c8.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-08-01 03:10
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