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High severity · published Feb 25, 2020
CVE-2020-9383
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.5.6
7.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it, aka CID-2e90ca68b0d2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.16 through 5.5.6 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DA
Data Availability Services · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HM
Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
SO
Solidfire · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SB
Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SC
Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
Affected product
KE
Kernel
Linux
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9383
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9383
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00039.html
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=2f9ac30a54dc0181ddac3705cdcf4775d863c530
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e90ca68b0d2f5548804f22f0dd61145516171e3
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
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