A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2385-1 linux-4.19 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2420-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2420-2 linux regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17973 A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4576-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4579-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4660-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4912-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:33:05.246Z

Reserved: 2020-09-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25285

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-13T18:15:09.990

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:17:51.913

Link: CVE-2020-25285

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-09-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25285 - Bugzilla

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