CVE-2020-27777

A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (pseries platform) a root like local user could use this flaw to further increase their privileges to that of a running kernel.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900844 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900844 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?h=next&id=bd59380c5ba4147dcbaad3e582b55ccfd120b764 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?h=next&id=bd59380c5ba4147dcbaad3e582b55ccfd120b764 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/09/1 - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/09/1 - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/23/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/23/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-12-15 17:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:21


NVD link : CVE-2020-27777

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27777

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-27777


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • openshift_container_platform
CWE
CWE-862

Missing Authorization