CVE-2020-15436

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15436
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-23 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-12 13:31:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by leveraging improper access to a certain error field.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Hardware Netapp A250 - All All All
Operating System Netapp A250 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff 500f - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff 500f Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff 8300 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff 8300 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff 8700 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff 8700 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff A400 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff A400 Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Hardware Netapp Fabric-attached Storage A400 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Fabric-attached Storage A400 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Fas 500f - All All All
Operating System Netapp Fas 500f Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Fas 8300 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Fas 8300 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Fas 8700 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Fas 8700 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H615c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H615c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Operating System Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LKML: Jason Yan: [PATCH v4] block: Fix use-after-free in blkdev_get() MISC lkml.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2020-15436 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 239255 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1376)
  • 239450 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2523)
  • 375284 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1311)
  • 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)
  • 610331 Google Android Devices April 2021 Security Patch Missing
  • 610340 Google Android May 2021 Security Patch Missing for Samsung
  • 610341 Google Android May 2021 Security Patch Missing for LGE
  • 610347 Google Android May 2021 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 670185 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1684)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 750488 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2260-1)
  • 750508 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2193-1)
  • 750518 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2161-1)
  • 900040 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903513 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3631)
  • 905764 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3631-1)
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