CVE-2020-25656

CWE-416Use After Free17 documents10 sources
Severity
4.1MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access out of bounds. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.5 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages20 packages

Android:linux_kernel::0:2021-05-05
NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10+1
Debianlinux< 5.9.6-1+3
Ubuntulinux< 5.4.0-59.65
Ubuntulinux-aws< 5.4.0-1034.35

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

8
GHSA
GHSA-4pfp-w4vm-364q: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel2022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2020-25656: In vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl of keyboard2021-05-01
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2021-02-25
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabi2021-01-06
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2021-01-06

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-02-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-01-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-01-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-01-06
Microsoft
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access o2020-12-08

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25656 kernel: use-after-free in read in vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl2020-10-15
CVE-2020-25656 (MEDIUM CVSS 4.1) | A flaw was found in the Linux kerne | cvebase.io