CVE-2020-26541

Summary

CVECVE-2020-26541
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-02 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-05 02:17:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Linux kernel through 5.8.13 does not properly enforce the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database (aka dbx) protection mechanism. This affects certs/blacklist.c and certs/system_keyring.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LKML: Eric Snowberg: [PATCH v4] certs: Add EFI_CERT_X509_GUID support for dbx entries MISC lkml.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159286 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-2570)
  • 198491 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5070-1)
  • 198533 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5106-1)
  • 198548 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5120-1)
  • 198618 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5210-1)
  • 239458 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:2599)
  • 239467 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2570)
  • 239483 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2666)
  • 239501 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:2719) (Sequoia)
  • 239502 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2718) (Sequoia)
  • 353147 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004
  • 353158 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-002
  • 671380 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1292)
  • 752242 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2104-1)
  • 752250 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2111-1)
  • 752276 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2173-1)
  • 752340 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2377-1)
  • 752349 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2382-1)
  • 752354 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2393-1)
  • 752360 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2407-1)
  • 753091 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2172-1)
  • 753296 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2177-1)
  • 900098 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903706 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3469)
  • 940091 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:2570)
  • 960056 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2021:2570)
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