CVE-2020-25656
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-02 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 15:40
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access out of bounds. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888726Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/16/84Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/29/528Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0006/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888726Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/16/84Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/29/528Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0006/Third Party Advisory
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