PoC Exploit Published for Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Flaw

A critical use-after-free vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel’s netfilter subsystem. This vulnerability could potentially allow local, unprivileged users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to escalate their privileges. The flaw, identified in the upstream commit 5f68718b34a5 (“netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction API to avoid race with control plane”), can cause a use-after-free issue on an NFT_CHAIN […]

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