CVE-2020-25669

Summary

CVECVE-2020-25669
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-26 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel where the function sunkbd_reinit having been scheduled by sunkbd_interrupt before sunkbd being freed. Though the dangling pointer is set to NULL in sunkbd_disconnect, there is still an alias in sunkbd_reinit causing Use After Free.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.4 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2494-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE-2020-25669 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - CVE-2020-25669: Linux Kernel use-after-free in sunkbd_reinit www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2020-25669: Linux Kernel use-after-free in sunkbd_reinit MISC www.openwall.com
Input: sunkbd - avoid use-after-free in teardown paths · torvalds/linux@77e70d3 · GitHub MISC github.com
oss-security - CVE-2020-25669: Linux Kernel use-after-free in sunkbd_reinit MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2020-25669: Linux Kernel use-after-free in sunkbd_reinit www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2020-25669: Linux Kernel use-after-free in sunkbd_reinit MISC www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2020-25669: Linux Kernel use-after-free in sunkbd_reinit MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2483-1] linux-4.19 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

  • 198328 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4912-1)
  • 670185 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1684)
  • 670269 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1808)
  • 670634 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2392)
  • 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)
  • 750518 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2161-1)
  • 750568 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2034-1)
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