CVE-2023-52581

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s nftables sub-component due to a race problem between the set GC and transaction in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system. This flaw is similar to the previous CVE-2023-4244 but for a different part of the source code.

Exploiting this flaw will require CAP_NET_ADMIN access privilege in any user or network namespace.

Also, on non-containerized deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can disable user namespaces by setting user.max_user_namespaces to 0:

$ echo "user.max_user_namespaces=0" > /etc/sysctl.d/userns.conf $ sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/userns.conf

On containerized deployments, such as Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, do not use this mitigation as the functionality is needed to be enabled.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is to skip loading the affected module "nftables" onto the system until we have an available fix. This can be done by a blacklist mechanism and will ensure the driver is not loaded at the boot time.

How do I blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically?
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278