CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-36691

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2023-03-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-03-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-674

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion) via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 5.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion weakness

References