CVE-2023-3776
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jul 21, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2025
- Reserved
- Jul 19, 2023
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
If tcf_change_indev() fails, fw_set_parms() will immediately return an error after incrementing or decrementing the reference counter in tcf_bind_filter(). If an attacker can control the reference counter and set it to zero, they can cause the reference to be freed, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.
We recommend upgrading past commit 0323bce598eea038714f941ce2b22541c46d488f.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
KernelLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=0323bce598eea038714f941ce2b22541c46d488fpatch
- https://kernel.dance/0323bce598eea038714f941ce2b22541c46d488f
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175072/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0098-1.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0003/
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