CVE-2020-25285

MEDIUM

Description

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/

https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-09-13

Updated: 2020-11-02

Type: CWE-362

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 0.5

Severity: MEDIUM