Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-1086) Alert

NSFOCUS CERT has detected that details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool for a Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2024-1086, have been publicly disclosed recently. Due to a use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter: nf_tables component of the Linux kernel, the nft_verdict_init() function allows the use of positive values as a drop error in the hook verdict. […]

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