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LINCD-937 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2020-8428

Created: Feb 1, 2020    Updated: Sep 13, 2022
Resolved Date: Feb 26, 2020
Found In Version: 10.20.6.0
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux CD
Component/s: Kernel

Description

fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2020-8428 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8428)

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