CVE-2023-3609
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_u32 component
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.5%
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_u32 component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.If tcf_change_indev() fails, u32_set_parms() will immediately return an error after incrementing or decrementing the reference counter in tcf_bind_filter(). If an attacker can control the reference counter and set it to zero, they can cause the reference to be freed, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.We recommend upgrading past commit 04c55383fa5689357bcdd2c8036725a55ed632bc.
- Affected
- Linux · Kernel
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 41st percentile
- Published
- 2023-07-21
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- Jturnxd/CVE-2023-36090★ · 2025-08-27
Exploit collections (1)
- linux/kernelctf/CVE-2023-3609_cos_mitigationgoogle/security-research
Security advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=04c55383fa56…
- https://kernel.dance/04c55383fa5689357bcdd2c8036725a55ed632bc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175072/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0098-1…
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0005
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480