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CVE-2020-14314

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken in…

Impact

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 5.8.9
Version 5.9.0
DebianDebian Linux
Version 9.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
StarwindsoftwareStarwind Virtual San
Version v8

Weakness classification

CWE-125

References