CVE-2020-36558

Summary

CVECVE-2020-36558
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-07-21 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-27 19:23:00 UTC
DescriptionA race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7 MISC cdn.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160076 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9761)
  • 160210 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-7683)
  • 240815 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:7444)
  • 240817 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:7683)
  • 242151 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2023:5627)
  • 390267 Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0024)
  • 672114 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2292)
  • 672205 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2466)
  • 672324 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2712)
  • 752452 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2719-1)
  • 752453 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2723-1)
  • 752455 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2720-1)
  • 752463 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2809-1)
  • 752474 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2827-1)
  • 752502 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2875-1)
  • 752591 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3274-1)
  • 752831 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 31 for SLE 15) (SUSE-SU-2022:4027-1)
  • 752902 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 15) (SUSE-SU-2022:4129-1)
  • 753156 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2741-1)
  • 753316 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2892-1)
  • 753703 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753707 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753727 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 940732 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:7683)
  • 940766 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:7444)
  • 960176 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel-rt (RLSA-2022:7444)
  • 960184 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2022:7683)
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