CVE-2023-31248 (GCVE-0-2023-31248)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-05 18:33
Modified
2025-03-05 18:54
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
Linux Kernel nftables Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability; `nft_chain_lookup_byid()` failed to check whether a chain was active and CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace
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Linux Linux Kernel Version: v5.9-rc1
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