CVE-2020-14351

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14351
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-03 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-04 17:05:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1862849 – (CVE-2020-14351) CVE-2020-14351 kernel: performance counters race condition use-after-free MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2494-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2483-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198328 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4912-1)
  • 239151 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:0856)
  • 239182 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1028)
  • 239456 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:0774)
  • 257070 CentOS Security Update for kernel (CESA-2021:0856)
  • 353100 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2021-024
  • 353101 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2021-025
  • 353102 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2021-026
  • 353133 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-018
  • 375284 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1311)
  • 377038 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0198)
  • 390217 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (OVMSA-2021-0001)
  • 390234 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0001)
  • 6140044 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-g44w-2vcw-48f7)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 750533 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2112-1)
  • 750609 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:1906-1)
  • 750738 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3326-1)
  • 900040 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 902927 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3651)
  • 905917 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3651-1)
  • 940408 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:0558)
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