CVE-2019-20908

An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1957a85b0032a81e6482ca4aab883643b8dae06e Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language.sh Patch Third Party Advisory
https://mailarchives.bentasker.co.uk/Mirrors/OSSSec/2020/06-Jun/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1957a85b0032a81e6482ca4aab883643b8dae06e Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language.sh Patch Third Party Advisory
https://mailarchives.bentasker.co.uk/Mirrors/OSSSec/2020/06-Jun/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/6 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/6 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1957a85b0032a81e6482ca4aab883643b8dae06e - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1957a85b0032a81e6482ca4aab883643b8dae06e - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language.sh - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language.sh - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://mailarchives.bentasker.co.uk/Mirrors/OSSSec/2020/06-Jun/msg00035.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://mailarchives.bentasker.co.uk/Mirrors/OSSSec/2020/06-Jun/msg00035.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/ - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-07-15 22:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:39


NVD link : CVE-2019-20908

Mitre link : CVE-2019-20908

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-20908


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Products Affected

opensuse

  • leap

linux

  • linux_kernel

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux