An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-11442 An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4426-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4427-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4439-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4440-1 linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:53:09.612Z

Reserved: 2020-07-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-20908

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-15T22:15:13.780

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:39:39.697

Link: CVE-2019-20908

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-08-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-20908 - Bugzilla

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