Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_90-default package, versions <15-150300.2.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELLIVEPATCH53181503005990DEFAULT-5926381
  • published30 Sept 2023
  • disclosed29 Sept 2023

Introduced: 29 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-3776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_90-default to version 15-150300.2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_90-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_90-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

If tcf_change_indev() fails, fw_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 0323bce598eea038714f941ce2b22541c46d488f.

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version 3.1