Use After Free Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-203.146.5.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-6249063
  • published16 Feb 2024
  • disclosed14 Nov 2023

Introduced: 14 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-6111  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-203.146.5.1.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12159.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

The function nft_trans_gc_catchall did not remove the catchall set element from the catchall_list when the argument sync is true, making it possible to free a catchall set element many times.

We recommend upgrading past commit 93995bf4af2c5a99e2a87f0cd5ce547d31eb7630.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1