CVE-2023-3776CWE-416

Use-after-free in Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component

High · published July 21, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

If tcf_change_indev() fails, fw_set_parms() will immediately return an error after incrementing or decrementing the reference counter in tcf_bind_filter(). If an attacker can control the reference counter and set it to zero, they can cause the reference to be freed, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.

We recommend upgrading past commit 0323bce598eea038714f941ce2b22541c46d488f.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00508 · 42.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2023-07-21T20:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUL 20:49Z
    Use-after-free in Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component
    cvelistv5