Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Linux Kernel kernel
before 5.9-rc4affected
References
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06 ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1 ↗