CVE-2020-16119

Summary

CVECVE-2020-16119
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-14 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:18:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel exploitable by a local attacker due to reuse of a DCCP socket with an attached dccps_hc_tx_ccid object as a listener after being released. Fixed in Ubuntu Linux kernel 5.4.0-51.56, 5.3.0-68.63, 4.15.0-121.123, 4.4.0-193.224, 3.13.0.182.191 and 3.2.0-149.196.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
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 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
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 Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[PATCH 0/2] net: dccp: fix structure use-after-free lore.kernel.org
[PATCH 0/2] net: dccp: fix structure use-after-free CONFIRM lore.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-4578-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4580-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bug #1883840 “Double free in DCCP module causing kernel panic” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu UBUNTU launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-16119 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4576-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4577-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/focal - [no description] UBUNTU git.launchpad.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4978-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4579-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Hador Manor

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159425 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9486)
  • 159426 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9487)
  • 178809 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 4978-1)
  • 178844 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2785-1)
  • 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
  • 352871 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2021-1539
  • 353143 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-008
  • 353154 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-006
  • 6140041 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-jwcc-6vcr-3r9c)
  • 671295 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1243)
  • 752708 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3704-1)
  • 752724 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3775-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 753370 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1)
  • 753374 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1)
  • 753703 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753707 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753727 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
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