CVE-2020-8647

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8647
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-06 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-30 20:50:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
206359 – Linux Kernel 5.4.7 - vc_do_resize use-after-free MISC bugzilla.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0388-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4698-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159684 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2020-4431)
  • 240197 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:1209)
  • 240198 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2022:1213)
  • 377065 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0113)
  • 750691 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1141-1)
  • 900078 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903565 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1934)
  • 906174 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1934-1)
  • 940256 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2020:4431)
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