CVE-2020-29661

CVE Details

Release Date:2020-12-09
Impact:None What is this?

Description


A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allows a use-after-free attack against TIOCSPGRP, aka CID-54ffccbf053b.

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


CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score: 7.8
Vector String: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version: 3.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact: High
Integrity Impact: High
Availability Impact: High

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2021-92122021-05-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)ELSA-2021-08562021-03-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)ELSA-2021-05582021-02-17


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