# CVE-2019-20795: iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get\_netnsid\_from\_name in ip/ipnetns.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-09 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. NOTE: security relevance may be limited to certain uses of setuid that, although not a default, are sometimes a configuration option offered to end users. Even when setuid is used, other factors (such as C library configuration) may block exploitability.

## What to do

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=9bf2c538a0eb10d66e2365a655bf6c52f5ba3d10
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171452
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4357-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-06

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