CVE-2020-25285

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.
References
Link Resource
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467 - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () 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/msg00034.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/ - Third Party Advisory () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067 - Third Party Advisory () https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/ - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-09-13 18:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:17


NVD link : CVE-2020-25285

Mitre link : CVE-2020-25285

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-25285


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write