vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-5197: kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: use-after-free due to addition and removal of rules from chain bindings within the same transaction
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C) | Sep 27, 2023 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
Sep 27, 2023
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
Addition and removal of rules from chain bindings within the same transaction causes leads to use-after-free.
We recommend upgrading past commit f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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