CVE-2020-36558

medium

Description

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd1ed50efd88261298577cd92a14f2768eddeeb

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-24034

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-07-21

Updated: 2026-10-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.1

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0031