CVE-2020-25704
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2020-12-02 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2022-0063 | 2022-01-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5995 | 2020-12-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5996 | 2020-12-15 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel) | ELSA-2021-1578 | 2021-05-25 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5996 | 2020-12-15 |
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