CVE-2020-7053

high

Description

In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1859522

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7dc40713618c884bf07c030d1ab1f47a9dc1f310

https://lore.kernel.org/stable/[email protected]

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4255-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4255-2/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-01-14

Updated: 2020-01-30

Type: CWE-416

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH