CVE-2023-1829
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.0%
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 62th percentile
- Published
- 2023-04-12
- Updated
- 2026-07-29
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- lanleft/CVE-2023-182973★ · 2024-02-28
- lanleft/CVE2023-182973★ · 2024-02-28