CVE-2020-13974

Summary

CVECVE-2020-13974
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-09 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-24 18:42:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.1. drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c has an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row, aka CID-b86dab054059. NOTE: Members in the community argue that the integer overflow does not lead to a security issue in this case.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

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 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2323-1] linux-4.19 new package MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4483-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4440-1: linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
LKML: Kyungtae Kim: UBSAN: Undefined behaviour in drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c MISC lkml.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/tip/tip.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository. MISC git.kernel.org
USN-4439-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0935-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-4427-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1153-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4485-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159825 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-1988)
  • 174729 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2106-1)
  • 240275 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:1975)
  • 240298 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:1988)
  • 352300 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAC2012-2020-020
  • 377038 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0198)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 900078 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 902892 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1935)
  • 905886 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1935-1)
  • 940517 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:1988)
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