Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2020
CVE-2020-27825
A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1)
5.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.10 · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Mrg · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SB
Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27825
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27825
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1905155
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0008/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843
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