CVE-2020-25285
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Summary
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 Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
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