medium6.4
CVE-2020-25285
A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a N…
Impact
A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 5.8.8 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467
- 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://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467
- 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://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/