Description
A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.
Published: 2022-07-21
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus Rhel Extras Rt Rhev Hypervisor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:59.494Z

Reserved: 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36558

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.247Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-21T04:15:10.100

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:17:00.350

Link: CVE-2020-36558

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-02-10T10:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-36558 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-362

    Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

  • CWE-476

    NULL Pointer Dereference