CVE-2020-25669
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
A vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel where the function sunkbd_reinit having been scheduled by sunkbd_interrupt before sunkbd being freed. Though the dangling pointer is set to NULL in sunkbd_disconnect, there is still an alias in sunkbd_reinit causing Use After Free.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25669
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25669.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.9.10.arch1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.9.11-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.9.11-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.9.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.9.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.9.11-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.