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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

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux 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
DebianDebian Linux
Version 9.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 33
OpensuseLeap
Version 15.1

Weakness classification

References