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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.449Z

Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25656

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-02T01:15:12.607

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:22.093

Link: CVE-2020-25656

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25656 - Bugzilla

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