### [CVE-2023-1281](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1281) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Linux%20Kernel&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=4.14%3C%3D%206.2%20&color=brighgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-416%20Use%20After%20Free&color=brighgreen) ### Description Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use-after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the destroyed tcf_ext. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.This issue affects Linux Kernel: from 4.14 before git commit ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2. ### POC #### Reference - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2 #### Github No PoCs found on GitHub currently.