CVE-2020-14416

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14416
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-18 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-03 13:37:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362 | 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
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.16 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0935-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1162002 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-14416: kernel-source: can, slip: Protect tty->disc_data in write_wakeup and close with RCU MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1153-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174728 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2122-1)
  • 174729 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2106-1)
  • 670578 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2336)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
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