CVE-2020-15780

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15780
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-15 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-27 15:44:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.7. Injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 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
oss-security - multiple secure boot grub2 and linux kernel vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-4426-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: UEFI SecureBoot bypass fixes rolled out to kernels below radar MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-4440-1: linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - UEFI SecureBoot bypass fixes rolled out to kernels below radar MLIST www.openwall.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: lockdown bypass on mainline kernel for loading unsigned modules MLIST www.openwall.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4439-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
american-unsigned-language-2.sh - american-unsigned-language - Disable kernel lockdown using ACPI SSDT injection MISC git.zx2c4.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1236-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1153-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - lockdown bypass on mainline kernel for loading unsigned modules MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.7 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
USN-4425-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
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)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 900076 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903268 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3504)
  • 906079 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3504-1)
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