get_gate_page in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 5.7.x and 5.8.x before 5.8.7 allows privilege escalation because of incorrect reference counting (caused by gate page mishandling) of the struct page that backs the vsyscall page. The result is a refcount underflow. This can be triggered by any 64-bit process that can use ptrace() or process_vm_readv(), aka CID-9fa2dd946743.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-09-10T13:39:59

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:33:04.432Z

Reserved: 2020-09-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25221

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-09-10T14:15:17.590

Modified: 2023-02-02T22:23:15.933

Link: CVE-2020-25221

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25221 - Bugzilla