CVE-2020-29371

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-29371
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-28 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-02 18:05:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka CID-bcf85fcedfdd.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-908

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
2077 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.4 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 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
  • 375284 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1311)
  • 670185 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1684)
  • 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)
  • 750508 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2193-1)
  • 750518 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2161-1)
  • 900040 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903136 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3634)
  • 906215 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3634-1)
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