CVE-2020-14381
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that is about to be unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | kernel | Linux kernel 5.6-rc6 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416: CWE-416
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1874311
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8019ad13ef7f64be44d4f892af9c840179009254
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1874311
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8019ad13ef7f64be44d4f892af9c840179009254
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