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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:39:36.409Z

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-14314

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-15T20:15:13.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:02:59.323

Link: CVE-2020-14314

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-06-05T16:45:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14314 - Bugzilla

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