vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-1281: ELSA-2023-4517: kernel security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 23, 2023
Added
Aug 10, 2023
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use-after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the destroyed tcf_ext. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.
This issue affects Linux Kernel: from 4.14 before git commit ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2.
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the traffic control index filter (tcindex) in the Linux kernel. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing. This issue could allow a local attacker to cause a use-after-free problem, leading to privilege escalation.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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