CVE-2020-27820

Summary

CVECVE-2020-27820
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-03 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-30 20:48:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in Linux kernel, where a use-after-frees in nouveau's postclose() handler could happen if removing device (that is not common to remove video card physically without power-off, but same happens if "unbind" the driver).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc6 All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function 22.1.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function 22.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy 22.2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[PATCH 3/3] drm/nouveau: clean up all clients on device removal - Jeremy Cline MISC lore.kernel.org
[PATCH 1/3] drm/nouveau: use drm_dev_unplug() during device removal - Jeremy Cline MISC lore.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[PATCH 2/3] drm/nouveau: Add a dedicated mutex for the clients list - Jeremy Cline MISC lore.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[PATCH 1/3] drm/nouveau: use drm_dev_unplug() during device removal - Jeremy Cline MISC lore.kernel.org
[PATCH 2/3] drm/nouveau: Add a dedicated mutex for the clients list - Jeremy Cline MISC lore.kernel.org
[PATCH 3/3] drm/nouveau: clean up all clients on device removal - Jeremy Cline MISC lore.kernel.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159825 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-1988)
  • 198653 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5265-1)
  • 198659 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5278-1)
  • 198785 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5415-1)
  • 240275 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:1975)
  • 240298 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:1988)
  • 353141 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-010
  • 353152 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-008
  • 671448 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1450)
  • 671631 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1661)
  • 751590 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0056-1)
  • 751600 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0068-1)
  • 751602 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0080-1)
  • 751622 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0131-1)
  • 751654 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0197-1)
  • 751695 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0367-1)
  • 751697 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0366-1)
  • 751701 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0366-1)
  • 751702 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0371-1)
  • 751989 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0131-1)
  • 753264 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0079-1)
  • 753355 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0056-1)
  • 753441 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:14905-1)
  • 940517 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:1988)
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