vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-4015: kernel: use after free in nft_immediate_deactivate (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 6, 2023 | Jan 26, 2024 | Sep 1, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 6, 2023
Added
Jan 26, 2024
Modified
Sep 1, 2025
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
On an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nft_immediate_deactivate() can lead unbinding the chain and objects be deactivated but later used.
We recommend upgrading past commit 0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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