CVE-2023-4207

HIGH

Linux Kernel 3.18-4.14.326 - Use-After-Free in cls_fw Filter Update

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When fw_change() is called on an existing filter, the whole tcf_result struct is always copied into the new instance of the filter. This causes a problem when updating a filter bound to a class, as tcf_unbind_filter() is always called on the old instance in the success path, decreasing filter_cnt of the still referenced class and allowing it to be deleted, leading to a use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit 76e42ae831991c828cffa8c37736ebfb831ad5ec.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 12.0
linux/linux_kernel 3.18 - 4.14.326
Published Sep 06, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026