UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4244

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4244

    Published: 6 Sept 2023Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-4244
    Aliases:
    USN-6443-1
    USN-6444-1
    USN-6444-2

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4244, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8, https://kernel.dance/3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6443-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6444-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6445-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6446-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6444-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6445-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6446-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6446-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6461-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6466-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6503-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6537-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6572-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6716-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4244

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12
    4.4.0-1014.14
    4.4.0-1016.16
    4.4.0-1017.17
    4.4.0-1019.19
    4.4.0-1022.22
    4.4.0-1023.23
    4.4.0-1024.25
    4.4.0-1025.26
    4.4.0-1027.30
    4.4.0-1028.31
    4.4.0-1029.32
    4.4.0-1031.34
    4.4.0-1032.35
    4.4.0-1034.37
    4.4.0-1036.39
    4.4.0-1037.40
    4.4.0-1038.41
    4.4.0-1039.42
    4.4.0-1040.43
    4.4.0-1042.45
    4.4.0-1044.47
    4.4.0-1045.48
    4.4.0-1046.50
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    4.4.0-1158.164

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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