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CVE-2020-8428
published 2020-01-29

CVE-2020-8428: fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly…

PriorityP429high7.1CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAH
EPSS
0.66%
47.8th percentile
fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.4.19-1 (bookworm)linux 5.4.19-1 (bookworm)
googleandroid
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.19-15.4.19-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.19-15.4.19-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.19-15.4.19-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.19-15.4.19-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-96.974.15.0-96.97
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-177.2074.4.0-177.207
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-96.974.15.0-96.97
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.19 < 5.55.5
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_arm
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_x64
msrccm1_kernel_5.4.91-11_on_cbl_mariner_1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
osv7.1HIGH
vendor_debian7.1HIGH
vendor_msrc7.1HIGH
vendor_redhat7.1HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.1HIGH
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