{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2021-20177", "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "kernel", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "kernel 5.5-rc1" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-125" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914719", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914719" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of string matching within a packet. A privileged user (with root or CAP_NET_ADMIN) when inserting iptables rules could insert a rule which can panic the system. Kernel before kernel 5.5-rc1 is affected." } ] } }