A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop, causing a denial of service. This flaw allows a local attacker with basic privileges to issue requests to a block device, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2020-10-06T13:33:22
Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.461Z
Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-25641
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-06T14:15:12.603
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:18.953
Link: CVE-2020-25641
Redhat