A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14385
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-09-15
Updated: 2022-12-06
Type: CWE-131
Base Score: 4.7
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.4
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM