CVE-2023-4921 (GCVE-0-2023-4921)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-12 19:45 – Updated: 2026-02-25 17:20
VLAI
Title
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_qfq component
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When the plug qdisc is used as a class of the qfq qdisc, sending network packets triggers use-after-free in qfq_dequeue() due to the incorrect .peek handler of sch_plug and lack of error checking in agg_dequeue(). We recommend upgrading past commit 8fc134fee27f2263988ae38920bc03da416b03d8.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Kernel Affected: 3.8 , < 6.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-09-05 06:54
Credits
valis
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