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LIN1021-5510 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2020-36691

Created: Mar 26, 2023    Updated: Apr 2, 2023
Resolved Date: Apr 2, 2023
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Userspace

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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2020-36691 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36691)
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