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		TechBro8615 on May 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux kernel use-after-free in Netfilter, local pr... 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.

nubinetwork on May 9, 2023 [–]

I believe at one time they were two separate subsystems, but they got merged in 4.x or 5.x

alex14fr on May 10, 2023 | [–]

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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