A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
If a class with a link-sharing curve (i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling pointer that can cause a use-after-free.
We recommend upgrading past commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f.
If a class with a link-sharing curve (i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling pointer that can cause a use-after-free.
We recommend upgrading past commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-3623-1 | linux-5.10 security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-3710-1 | linux security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2023-54476 | A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If a class with a link-sharing curve (i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling pointer that can cause a use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6415-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6439-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6439-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6440-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6440-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6440-3 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6441-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6441-2 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6441-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6442-1 | Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6444-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6444-2 | Linux kernel (StarFive) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6445-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6445-2 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6446-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6446-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6446-3 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6460-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6466-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
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| Description | A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If a class with a link-sharing curve (i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling pointer that can cause a use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f. | A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If a class with a link-sharing curve (i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling pointer that can cause a use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f. |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Google
Published:
Updated: 2025-02-27T21:00:32.991Z
Reserved: 2023-08-30T11:58:12.267Z
Link: CVE-2023-4623
Updated: 2024-08-02T07:31:06.625Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2023-09-06T14:15:12.357
Modified: 2025-03-20T16:59:51.550
Link: CVE-2023-4623
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN