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CVE-2024-1086 Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

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Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaigns Known to be used
Weakness CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The nft_verdict_init() function allows positive values as drop error within the hook verdict, and hence the nf_hook_slow() function can cause a double free vulnerability when NF_DROP is issued with a drop error which resembles NF_ACCEPT. We recommend upgrading past commit f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
kernel 3.15 3.15 → < 6.8 6.8
linux_kernel 3.15 3.15 → < 6.8 6.8

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