CVE-2020-10942

Summary

CVECVE-2020-10942
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-24 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-22 19:06:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4364-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0543-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4345-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.8 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
USN-4342-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4344-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
LKML: syzbot: Re: kernel panic: stack is corrupted in vhost_net_ioctl MISC lkml.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - CVE-2020-10942 Kernel: vhost-net: stack overflow in get_raw_socket while checking sk_family field MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4667-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4698-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE-2020-10942 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159684 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2020-4431)
  • 352352 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-016
  • 352353 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-015
  • 352354 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-014
  • 377065 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0113)
  • 750691 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1141-1)
  • 900076 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903515 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3511)
  • 905901 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3511-1)
  • 940256 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2020:4431)
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