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CVE-2020-36694

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Published: May 21, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 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.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux Kernel
Before 5.10

Related CWEs

CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing ListPatch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory

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