CVE-2021-38209 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.2 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2671fa4dc0109d3fb581bc3078fdf17b5d9080f6

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3