medium6.7
CVE-2020-14386
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4.
Impact
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.6 before 4.9.239 from 4.10 before 4.14.201 from 4.15 before 4.19.150 from 4.20 before 5.4.64 from 5.5 before 5.8.8 Version 5.9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Version 33 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 15.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146