CVE-2020-11494

Summary

CVECVE-2020-11494
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-02 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-29 13:26:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-908 | CWE-909

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 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 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
USN-4363-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/tip/tip.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository. MISC git.kernel.org
USN-4368-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0543-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
April 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
slcan: Don't transmit uninitialized stack data in padding · torvalds/linux@b9258a2 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0072-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4369-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[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 Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750691 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1141-1)
  • 900078 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903510 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1932)
  • 905817 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1932-1)
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