CVE-2020-27815

Summary

CVECVE-2020-27815
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-26 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-28 19:32:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.6 All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff A250 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff A250 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Fas500f - All All All
Operating System Netapp Fas500f Firmware - 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2557-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2586-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree MISC www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4843-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree MISC www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree MLIST www.openwall.com
Invalid Bug ID MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Invalid Bug ID MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE-2020-27815 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree MISC www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree MISC www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174896 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1177-1)
  • 174897 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1175-1)
  • 174916 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1210-1)
  • 174917 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1211-1)
  • 174919 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1238-1)
  • 353100 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2021-024
  • 353101 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2021-025
  • 353102 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2021-026
  • 353132 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-019
  • 6140053 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-4vjm-vp49-g4rx)
  • 670269 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1808)
  • 670463 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2221)
  • 670634 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2392)
  • 750004 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1573-1)
  • 750006 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1596-1)
  • 750015 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1624-1)
  • 750199 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0758-1)
  • 750276 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0532-1)
  • 750650 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1975-1)
  • 750652 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:1977-1)
  • 750762 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1977-1)
  • 750766 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1975-1)
  • 907359 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (31148)
  • 907564 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (31148-1)
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