CVE-2023-6111 (GCVE-0-2023-6111)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-14 14:05 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:26
VLAI
Title
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The function nft_trans_gc_catchall did not remove the catchall set element from the catchall_list when the argument sync is true, making it possible to free a catchall set element many times. We recommend upgrading past commit 93995bf4af2c5a99e2a87f0cd5ce547d31eb7630.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Kernel Affected: 6.6 , < 6.7 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-11-08 12:52
Credits
Lonial Kong
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