Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-32233 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests can be abused to perform arbitrary read and write operations on kernel memory. Unprivileged local users can obtain root privileges. This occurs because anonymous sets are mishandled.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173087/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0095-1.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/15/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196105
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c1592a89942e9678f7d9c8030efa777c0d57edab
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c1592a89942e9678f7d9c8030efa777c0d57edab
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35879660
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230616-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5402
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173087/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0095-1.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/4
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5402
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230616-0002/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35879660
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00008.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c1592a89942e9678f7d9c8030efa777c0d57edab
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c1592a89942e9678f7d9c8030efa777c0d57edab
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196105
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/15/5