CVE-2020-27835

Summary

CVECVE-2020-27835
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-07 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-14 15:12:00 UTC
DescriptionA use after free in the Linux kernel infiniband hfi1 driver in versions prior to 5.10-rc6 was found in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc1 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc2 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc3 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc4 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc5 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc1 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc2 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc3 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc4 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver 5.10 rc5 All All
Application Linux Infiniband Hfi1 Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1901709 – (CVE-2020-27835) CVE-2020-27835 kernel: child process is able to access parent mm through hfi dev file handle MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159185 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-1578)
  • 239314 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1739)
  • 239339 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1578)
  • 750434 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0060-1)
  • 752126 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1687-1)
  • 753176 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1676-1)
  • 753299 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1669-1)
  • 940354 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:1578)
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