vulnerability

F5 Networks: CVE-2021-22555: K06524534: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2021-22555

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 7, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2022
Modified
Oct 7, 2025

Description

A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space

Solution

f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest
Title
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