Local information disclosure via double deactivation
Published Aug 28, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025
Information disclosure in the Linux Kernel allows local users to read kernel memory via nft_set_catchall_flush catchall-element flushing. The function can deactivate catchall elements twice during a flush, leaving allocated memory unreclaimed and exposing its contents. Access requires local low-privilege ability to invoke the nftables interface; the bounded consequence is kernel-memory disclosure rather than remote access or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in the Linux Kernel allows local users to read kernel memory via nft_set_catchall_flush catchall-element flushing. The function can deactivate catchall elements twice during a flush, leaving allocated memory unreclaimed and exposing its contents. Access requires local low-privilege ability to invoke the nftables interface; the bounded consequence is kernel-memory disclosure rather than remote access or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-4569
- Published
- Aug 28, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-402, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Aug 28, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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