CVE-2020-25285

CVE Details

Release Date:	2020-09-13
Impact:	None	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	6.4
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	High
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5881	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.50.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5866	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5881	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.50.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5866	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5879	2020-10-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5884	2020-10-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5885	2020-10-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)	ELSA-2021-1578	2021-05-25
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5884	2020-10-12
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2020-0044	2020-10-09