CVE-2020-25704
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Summary
A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | kernel | kernel 5.10-rc3 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401: CWE-401
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895961
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bdb157cdebbf95a1cd94ed2e01b338714075d00
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220802-0003/
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895961
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bdb157cdebbf95a1cd94ed2e01b338714075d00
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220802-0003/
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