CVE-2020-11935

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11935
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-07 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-13 18:47:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2020-11935 | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com
Bug #1873074 “kernel panic hit by kube-proxy iptables-save/resto...” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu UBUNTU bugs.launchpad.net
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira discovered that the aufs implementation in the Linux kernel improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

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