Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / kernel | affected kernel 5.10-rc2 |
CWE
CWE-416
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888726
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/29/528
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/16/84
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0006/
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888726
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/29/528
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/16/84
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0006/