CVE-2023-3610

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3610
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-3610.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-3610
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-07-21T20:48:13.121Z
Modified
2026-07-11T03:54:34.007587746Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component
Details

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 NFTMSGNEWRULE. The vulnerability requires CAPNETADMIN to be triggered.

We recommend upgrading past commit 4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3610.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-416"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "Google"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0ed79c602730cb0e73f78dcd503aca452f0d414b
Fixed
6995e2de6891c724bfeb2db33d7b87775f913ad1
Database specific
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "5.9"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "6.4"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-3610.json"