6.7
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-36694

Published: 21/05/2023 Updated: 22/06/2023
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.7 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 0.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

An issue exists in netfilter in the Linux kernel prior to 5.10. There can be a use-after-free in the packet processing context, because the per-CPU sequence count is mishandled during concurrent iptables rules replacement. This could be exploited with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability in an unprivileged namespace. NOTE: cc00bca was reverted in 5.12.

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DescriptionThe MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as: An issue was discovered in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 510 There can be a use-after-free in the packet processing context, because the per-CPU sequence count is mishandled during concurrent iptables rules replacement This could be exploited with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability in ...