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CVE-2021-20177

n/a / kernel PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
n/a / kernelaffected kernel 5.5-rc1

CWE

CWE-125

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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