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CVE-2023-5197
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component
High7.8EPSS 0.37%
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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. Addition and removal of rules from chain bindings within the same transaction causes leads to use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Google
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 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://kernel.dance/f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 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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