Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Linux kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter: nf_tables component that allows an attacker to achieve local privilege escalation.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 28.1%
- Status
- kevransomware use
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
Linux kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter: nf_tables component that allows an attacker to achieve local privilege escalation.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-05-30. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2024-06-20.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.