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CVE-2020-25641
published 2020-10-06

CVE-2020-25641: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.39%
30.8th percentile
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop, causing a denial of service. This flaw allows a local attacker with basic privileges to issue requests to a block device, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 5.8.10-1 (bookworm)linux 5.8.10-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel<= 5.8.13
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.10-15.8.10-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.10-15.8.10-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.10-15.8.10-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.10-15.8.10-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-128.1314.15.0-128.131
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-126.1294.15.0-126.129
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-51.565.4.0-51.56
msrccm1_kernel_5.4.91-3_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
opensuseleap
opensuseleap
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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