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CVE-2020-29661
published 2020-12-09

CVE-2020-29661: A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allows a use-after-free attack against…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.13%
62.6th percentile
A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allows a use-after-free attack against TIOCSPGRP, aka CID-54ffccbf053b.

Affected

26 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 5.9.15-1 (bookworm)linux 5.9.15-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
googleandroid
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.9.15-15.9.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.9.15-15.9.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.9.15-15.9.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.9.15-15.9.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-203.2354.4.0-203.235
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-136.1404.15.0-136.140
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-66.745.4.0-66.74
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-188.2393.13.0-188.239
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-203.2354.4.0-203.235
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-136.1404.15.0-136.140
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-70.785.4.0-70.78
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.26 < 4.4.2484.4.248
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.10 < 4.14.2124.14.212
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15 < 4.19.1634.19.163
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.835.4.83
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.5 < 4.9.2484.9.248
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.9.145.9.14
msrccm1_kernel_5.4.91-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
oracletekelec_platform_distribution7.4.0 – 7.7.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_oracle7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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