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CVE-2020-27815

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CVE-2020-27815

Published: May 26, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

Linux Kernel

affected
5.9.6

Weaknesses (CWE)

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