CVE-2020-14416

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14416

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14416.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.4.19-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.4.19-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.4.19-1
debian debiansidfixed5.4.19-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.4.19-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.