CVE-2019-20422

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.3.4, fib6_rule_lookup in net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c mishandles the RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF flag in a reference-count decision, leading to (for example) a crash that was identified by syzkaller, aka CID-7b09c2d052db.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7b09c2d052db4b4ad0b27b97918b46a7746966fa

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-01-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002