Vulnerability CVE-2023-6111


Published: 2023-11-14

Description:
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.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93995bf4af2c5a99e2a87f0cd5ce547d31eb7630
https://kernel.dance/93995bf4af2c5a99e2a87f0cd5ce547d31eb7630

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