CVE-2023-1829

Use-after-free in tcindex (traffic control index filter) in the Linux Kernel

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 12, 2023 at 11:16 AM UTC
Updated: July 29, 2026 at 03:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root. We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.14.3083.8.0 ≤ v < 4.14.3084.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2764.15.0 ≤ v < 4.19.2764.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2354.20.0 ≤ v < 5.4.2355.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1005.11.0 ≤ v < 5.15.1005.16 ≤ v < 6.1.185.16.0 ≤ v < 6.1.185.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1735.5.0 ≤ v < 5.10.1736.2 ≤ v < 6.2.56.2.0 ≤ v < 6.2.53.8.04.15.04.20.05.11.05.16.05.5.06.2.0
Affected range stops below 4.14.308, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.19.276, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.10.173, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.15.100, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.235, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28 (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHGoogle
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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