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CVE-2020-27825

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CVE-2020-27825

Published: Dec 11, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

kernel

affected
before kernel 5.10-rc1

Weaknesses (CWE)

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