CVE-2020-25285

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.4
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-25285
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-09-13T18:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-28T18:32:51
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.8.8
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.5
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067 Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25285
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25285
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:25:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 22:34:01 2020-09-13T18:15Z 2020-09-13T18:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 22:34:01 2022-04-28T18:32:51 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 22:34:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated