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CVE-2020-25285
Published: Sep 13, 2020
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067
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https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8
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[debian-lts-announce] 20200928 [SECURITY] [DLA 2385-1] linux-4.19 security update
mailing-list
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/
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USN-4576-1
vendor-advisory
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USN-4579-1
vendor-advisory
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[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update
mailing-list
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[debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update
mailing-list
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