CVE-2023-4207
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 6
Latest updateSep 12
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, lea…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 12.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2023-4207: A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation↗2023-09-06
GHSA▶
GHSA-4fhg-56x9-rf4r: A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation↗2023-09-06
📋Vendor Advisories
4Red Hat▶
kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route↗2023-07-29
Red Hat▶
kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route↗2023-07-29
Debian▶
CVE-2023-4207: linux - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component...↗2023