CVE-2023-4015

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4015
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4015.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-4015
Downstream
Published
2023-09-06T13:52:44.724Z
Modified
2026-05-15T11:53:21.134646565Z
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.

On an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nftimmediatedeactivate() can lead unbinding the chain and objects be deactivated but later used.

We recommend upgrading past commit 0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-416"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4015.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Google"
}
References

Affected packages