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CVE-2023-6111

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Published: Nov 14, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The function nft_trans_gc_catchall did not remove the catchall set element from the catchall_list when the argument sync is true, making it possible to free a catchall set element many times. We recommend upgrading past commit 93995bf4af2c5a99e2a87f0cd5ce547d31eb7630.

Affected (4)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
5.15.134 ≤ version < 5.15.140
Linux Kernel
6.1.56 ≤ version < 6.1.64
Linux Kernel
6.5.6 ≤ version < 6.5.13
Linux Kernel
6.6 ≤ version < 6.6.3

Related CWEs

CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (12)

Source: cve-coordination@google.com
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Source: cve-coordination@google.com
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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