CVE-2023-53619

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This accesses the nf_ct_helper_hash dangling\npointer and causes a uaf, possibly leading to random memory corruption.\n\nThis patch guards nf_conntrack_helper_register() from accessing a freed\nor uninitialized nf_ct_helper_hash pointer and fixes possible\nuses-after-free when loading a conntrack module."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The trigger is a local netlink/setsockopt operation (nftables ct helper object or iptables `-j CT --helper`) that drives conntrack-helper module autoloading, or a direct module load; no network-facing code path reaches `nf_conntrack_helper_register()`.\nAC:L - Per CVSS 3.1 \u00a72.1.2, the base metrics are scored with the vulnerable component in its vulnerable configuration (built-in conntrack whose init failed, which is deterministic per boot on affected builds); in that state the attacker triggers `nf_conntrack_helper_register()` on demand and repeatably by naming different helpers, with no race or unknowable state to win.\nPR:L - An unprivileged local user obtains CAP_NET_ADMIN via `unshare -Urn`, since nfnetlink/nftables gates only on `netlink_net_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)` and `__request_module()` performs no capability check, so `nft_ct_helper_obj_init()` autoloads the helper module that hits the dangling hash.\nUI:N - No victim action is needed; the attacker performs the entire sequence itself in its own network/user namespace.\nS:U - The corruption is confined to kernel memory within the same security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The bucket walk dereferences attacker-controlled pointers from the reallocated page (`strcmp(cur->name, me->name)`) giving an arbitrary-read/oracle primitive, and `rcu_assign_pointer(h->first, n)` writes a module `.data` pointer into memory the attacker can spray and read back, defeating KASLR.\nI:H - `WRITE_ONCE(first->pprev, &n->next)` in `hlist_add_head_rcu()` writes a known kernel pointer to an address fully controlled by the attacker-sprayed contents of the freed page \u2014 a write-what/where primitive suitable for control-flow hijack.\nA:H - Use-after-free on a freed page walked as an hlist reliably causes oops/panic or the \"random memory corruption\" the fix's author describes, taking down the kernel."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c"], "versions": [{"version": "12f7a505331e6b2754684b509f2ac8f0011ce644", "lessThan": "4ee69c91cb8f9ca144bc0861969e5a1a3c6152a7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "12f7a505331e6b2754684b509f2ac8f0011ce644", "lessThan": "00716f25f9697d02a0d9bd622575c7c7321ba3d0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": 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