CVE-2020-36691

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p14

Published

Mar 24, 2023 (Mar 24, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-674
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.2%)

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