CVE-2020-12657

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12657
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-05 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-13 09:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5. There is a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c related to bfq_idle_slice_timer_body.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4363-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4368-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[V3] block, bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_idle_slice_timer_body - Patchwork MISC patchwork.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
May 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
block, bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_idle_slice_timer_body · torvalds/linux@2f95fa5 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-4369-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.5 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
USN-4367-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0801-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 352355 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-013
  • 352356 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-012
  • 352357 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-011
  • 900078 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903096 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3451)
  • 906031 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3451-1)
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