CVE-2020-25285

MEDIUM

6.4

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.4

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published9/13/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxlinux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362CWE-476CWE-787

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8(cve@mitre.org)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/(cve@mitre.org)

https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/(cve@mitre.org)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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