CVE-2020-25656 (GCVE-0-2020-25656)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:40
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Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access out of bounds. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
Severity
4.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a kernel Affected: kernel 5.10-rc2
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