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LIN8-13086 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2020-28974

Created: Nov 22, 2020    Updated: Jan 10, 2021
Resolved Date: Jan 10, 2021
Found In Version: 8.0.0.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) [CVE-2020-28974|https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28974]
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