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Re:Linux kernel use-after-free in Netfilter, local privilege... by TechBro8615 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @05:40PM (#35880737)
Yes, AFAIU (not an expert), iptables and nftables are two command line tools and abstractions (chains vs. tables) for interacting with the same underlying netfilter API.
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Re:Linux kernel use-after-free in Netfilter, local privilege... by nubinetwork on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @06:21PM (#35881118)
I believe at one time they were two separate subsystems, but they got merged in 4.x or 5.x
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Re:Linux kernel use-after-free in Netfilter, local privilege... by alex14fr on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:31AM (#35886407)
I run 6.3 and the incriminated files were not compiled in my kernel thanks to CONFIG_NF_TABLES=n during make config.
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