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Red Hat: CVE-2023-3390: UAF in nftables when nft_set_lookup_global triggered after handling named and anonymous sets in batch requests (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-3390: UAF in nftables when nft_set_lookup_global triggered after handling named and anonymous sets in batch requests (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/28/2023
Created
08/30/2023
Added
08/30/2023
Modified
03/14/2024

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a dangling pointer in the same transaction causing a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue. We recommend upgrading past commit 1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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