CVE-2020-36516

medium
Published 2022-11-15 · Modified 2022-11-18
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16.11. The mixed IPID assignment method with the hash-based IPID assignment policy allows an off-path attacker to inject data into a victim's TCP session or terminate that session.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7933.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-8267.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2129152

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2103153

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2103148

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2090241

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2090240

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2090237

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2090226

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2084125

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2071022

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2066819

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2052312

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7444.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7444

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7683.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2123695

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2120175

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2115278

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2115065

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2114878

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2112693

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2096178

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2089815

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2088021

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2084479

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2084183

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2074208

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2073064

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2070220

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2070205

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2069408

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2066706

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2066614

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2062284

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2059928

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2058395

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2053632

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2051444

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2037386

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1980646

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1946279

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7683

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36516

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7444

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7683

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36516.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8267

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7933

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky8fixed
debian debianbookwormfixed5.16.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.103-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.16.7-1
debian debiansidfixed5.16.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.16.7-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.