Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-7462
CVE-2020-7462
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.
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References
1- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:24.ipv6.ascmitrex_refsource_MISC
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