vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2023-3610: kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fix chain binding transaction logic in the abort path of NFT_MSG_NEWRULE (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 21, 2023
Added
Sep 13, 2023
Modified
Nov 14, 2025

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

Flaw in the error handling of bound chains causes a use-after-free in the abort path of NFT_MSG_NEWRULE. The vulnerability requires CAP_NET_ADMIN to be triggered.

We recommend upgrading past commit 4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795.

Solutions

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