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"cveId": "CVE-2023-53338",
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"value": "AV:N - On hosts with LWT BPF xmit routes (e.g. edge/CDN forwarders), remote packets that are forwarded or that induce local replies reach ip(6)_finish_output2 → lwtunnel_xmit → bpf_xmit, so an unauthenticated network peer drives the vulnerable path.\nAC:L - LWT BPF xmit programs routinely return BPF_REDIRECT or BPF_LWT_REROUTE; skb_do_redirect/dst_output then yield positive NET_XMIT_*/NETDEV_TX_* statuses (e.g. NET_XMIT_CN under load) that the attacker can provoke by sending traffic, with no condition outside their control.\nPR:N - Once an LWT BPF xmit route is configured, no credentials are required—any remote peer whose packets traverse that route reaches the bug; local unprivileged traffic generation likewise needs no elevated privileges.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires only attacker-generated traffic against an already-configured LWT BPF route; no victim or administrator action is needed at exploit time.\nS:U - The use-after-free and any resulting privilege escalation remain within the host kernel's security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The bug is a use-after-free of a consumed skb that continues into the neighbor subsystem; reclaiming and spraying that object enables arbitrary kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - The same skb UAF in neigh_output provides heap corruption suitable for arbitrary write and control-flow hijack, i.e. full kernel integrity compromise.\nA:H - Continuing a freed skb into neigh_output reliably causes kernel oops/panic, as documented in the fix and reproduced by the LWT redirect selftests."
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