CVE-2020-7462

Published: Mar 26, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

In 11.4-PRERELEASE before r360733 and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, improper mbuf handling in the kernel causes a use-after-free bug by sending IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options over the loopback interface. The use-after-free situation may result in unintended kernel behaviour including a kernel panic.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	FreeBSD	affected `FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE before p13`

References

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:24.ipv6.asc

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CVE-2020-7462

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