A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-11-20T17:49:57

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:48:01.280Z

Reserved: 2020-11-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-28974

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-11-20T18:15:12.120

Modified: 2021-01-27T19:44:45.813

Link: CVE-2020-28974

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-28974 - Bugzilla