CVE-2023-3610
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component
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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. Flaw in the error handling of bound chains causes a use-after-free in the abort path of NFT_MSG_NEWRULE. The vulnerability requires CAP_NET_ADMIN to be triggered. We recommend upgrading past commit 4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Google
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 83% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://kernel.dance/4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5461 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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