CVE-2021-38209

low

Description

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.2 allows observation of changes in any net namespace because these changes are leaked into all other net namespaces. This is related to the NF_SYSCTL_CT_MAX, NF_SYSCTL_CT_EXPECT_MAX, and NF_SYSCTL_CT_BUCKETS sysctls.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2671fa4dc0109d3fb581bc3078fdf17b5d9080f6

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-08-08

Updated: 2021-08-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low