CVE-2023-5197

medium

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Addition and removal of rules from chain bindings within the same transaction causes leads to use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325.

References

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-09-27

Updated: 2025-12-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061