CVE-2020-14386

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-16 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1655-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update MLIST lists.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2385-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0072-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
oss-sec: CVE-2020-14386: Linux kernel: af_packet.c vulnerability MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1875699 – (CVE-2020-14386) CVE-2020-14386 kernel: memory corruption in net/packet/af_packet.c leads to elevation of privilege CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: kernel-5.8.7-300.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: kernel-5.8.7-300.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux 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

  • 352341 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-027
  • 352342 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-026
  • 352343 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-025
  • 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
  • 353136 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-015
  • 376992 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0115)
  • 6140338 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-53mq-2mw5-rjcr)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 900076 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 902891 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3470)
  • 905955 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3470-1)
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