CVE-2020-25641
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-06 13:33
Modified
2024-08-04 15:40
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop, causing a denial of service. This flaw allows a local attacker with basic privileges to issue requests to a block device, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/06/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881424Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7e24969022cbd61ddc586f14824fc205661bb124Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/block/biovecs.htmlVendor Advisory
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