GHSA-5m5v-w78j-286fHighCVSS 7.8

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be...

Published
September 6, 2023
Last Modified
October 15, 2026

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📋 Description

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 nft_immediate_deactivate() can lead unbinding the chain and objects be deactivated but later used.

We recommend upgrading past commit 0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2.

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