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LIN8-12911 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2020-14314

Created: Sep 16, 2020    Updated: Sep 20, 2020
Found In Version: 8.0.0.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) [CVE-2020-14314|https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14314]
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