msrc_cve-2020-13974
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft
Published
2020-06-02 00:00
Modified
2020-08-18 00:00
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.1. drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c has an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row aka CID-b86dab054059. NOTE: Members in the community argue that the integer overflow does not lead to a security issue in this case.

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Additional Resources
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Disclaimer
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