A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access out of bounds. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.449Z
Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-25656
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-12-02T01:15:12.607
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:22.093
Link: CVE-2020-25656
Redhat