vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-20177): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 6, 2021
Added
Feb 26, 2021
Modified
Nov 7, 2024

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of string matching within a packet. A privileged user (with root or CAP_NET_ADMIN) when inserting iptables rules could insert a rule which can panic the system. Kernel before kernel 5.5-rc1 is affected.

Solution(s)

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