CVE-2023-5197 (GCVE-0-2023-5197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-26 10:04 – Updated: 2026-10-14 21:54
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. Addition and removal of rules from chain bindings within the same transaction causes leads to use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325.
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
Google CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 36 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Kernel Affected: 5.9 , < 6.6 (custom)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem Affected: 0 , < V1.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-09-08 01:25
Credits
Kevin Rich
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