CVE-2020-25211
Moderate
CVE-2020-25211
In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.
Exploit probability
0.6%
Published
September 9, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-25211
View original source
In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1cc5ef91d2ff94d2bf2de3b3585423e8a1051cb6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BL2O4JAMPJG4YMLLJ7JFDHDJRXN4RKTC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OLDYVOM4OS55HA45Y3UEVLDHYGFXPZUX/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0001/
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303646421158109185
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774