CVE-2020-9391

Summary

CVECVE-2020-9391
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-25 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:26:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.4 and 5.5 through 5.5.6 on the AArch64 architecture. It ignores the top byte in the address passed to the brk system call, potentially moving the memory break downwards when the application expects it to move upwards, aka CID-dcde237319e6. This has been observed to cause heap corruption with the GNU C Library malloc implementation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Data Availability Services - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.5.6-201.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.5.6-201.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
1797052 – CVE-2020-9391 kernel: brk discards top byte of addresses on aarch64, causing heap corruption in glibc malloc MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2020-9391: Ignoring the top byte of addresses in brk causes heap corruption (AArch64) MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
February 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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