Local vulnerability in nftables that allows privilege escalation
A vulnerability has been discovered in Netfilter, a subsystem of the Linux kernel used for filtering and modifying network packets (CVE not assigned), which allows a local user to execute code at the kernel level and escalate their privileges in the system. Researchers demonstrated an exploit that enabled a local user to gain root access on Ubuntu 22.04 with kernel version 5.15.0-39-generic. The vulnerability was initially scheduled for public disclosure on August 15, but […]
