CVE-2020-7053

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-7053
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-14 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:25:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

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
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
January 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2 MISC cdn.kernel.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4255-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4255-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4287-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4285-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0063-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
USN-4287-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[PATCH] drm/i915: Fix use-after-free when destroying GEM context - Tyler Hicks lore.kernel.org
[PATCH] drm/i915: Fix use-after-free when destroying GEM context - Tyler Hicks MISC lore.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug #1859522 “use-after-free in i915_ppgtt_close” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 239151 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:0856)
  • 257070 CentOS Security Update for kernel (CESA-2021:0856)
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