CVE-2020-28915

Published: Nov 18, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.15

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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6735b4632def0640dbdf4eb9f99816aca18c4f16

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https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=08b8be45afea11888776f897895aef9ad1c3ecfd

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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178886

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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af08640795b2b9a940c9266c0260455377ae262

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CVE-2020-28915

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