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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2022-07-21

Updated: 2022-07-27

Type: CWE-362

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.4

Severity: MEDIUM