CVE-2023-4244

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4244DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4244
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 41
Analyzed
Published: 06 Sept 2023, 13:53
Last modified:28 Jul 2026, 14:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability +0.22%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Sept 2023, 13:53
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Jul 2026, 14:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Due to a race condition between nf_tables netlink control plane transaction and nft_set element garbage collection, it is possible to underflow the reference counter causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit 3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.24%• Percentile: 16%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.197-1 | < 6.1.55-1 | < 6.4.13-1 | < 6.4.13-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    all | < 5.4.0-173.191 | < 5.15.0-87.97

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    all | < 5.4.0-1120.130 | < 5.15.0-1048.53

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1048.53~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1120.130~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    < 6.2.0-1014.14~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1120.130+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all | all | < 5.4.0-1126.133 | < 5.15.0-1050.57

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1050.57~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1126.133~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    < 6.2.0-1015.15~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all | < 5.15.0-1050.57.1 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1126.133+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 5.4.0-1080.87 | < 5.15.0-1028.30

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1094.104

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all | all | < 5.4.0-1124.133 | < 5.15.0-1045.53

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1045.53~20.04.2

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1124.133~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    < 6.2.0-1017.19~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1124.133+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all | < 5.15.0-1045.50

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    < 5.4.0-1087.91 | < 5.15.0-1031.37

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References (25)