CVE-2023-31248

Vulnerabilidad de Escalada de Privilegios Locales de Use-After-Free de Linux nftables; 'nft_chain_lookup_byid()' no pudo comprobar si una cadena estaba activa y CAP_NET_ADMIN está en cualquier espacio de nombres de usuario o red

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter module in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in nft_chain_lookup_byid. This flaw allows a local attacker to cause a local privilege escalation issue due to a missing cleanup.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Linux Kernel. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of nft_chains. The issue results from the lack of validating the status of a chain while processing lookup on the chain. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.

It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data buffer size validation in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. Reima Ishii discovered that the nested KVM implementation for Intel x86 processors in the Linux kernel did not properly validate control registers in certain situations. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (guest crash). Various other issues were also addressed.