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CVE-2020-27825

A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1).

Impact

A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
Version 5.10
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 7.0, 8.0
RedhatEnterprise Mrg
Version 2.0
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 9.0, 10.0
NetappCloud Backup
All versions
NetappSolidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware
All versions
NetappH410c Firmware
All versions

Weakness classification

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