oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-6817: Linux kernel: use-after-free in nf

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:44:25 +0900
From: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE-2023-6817: Linux kernel: use-after-free in
 nf_tables

Xingyuan Mo wrote on Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:16:24AM +0800:
> I found a use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of pipapo set
> in Linux kernel nf_tables, which can lead to DoS or local privilege
> escalation, with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability required. The bug is fixed in
> v6.7-rc5 kernel and the patch is:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=317eb9685095678f2c9f5a8189de698c5354316a

For anyone who'd do the same thing:
 - that commit marks Fixes 3c4287f62044 which was introduced in 5.6
 - it's already been backported to stable tree (5.10.204, 5.15.143,
 6.1.68 and 6.6.7)


Thanks,
-- 
Dominique

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