CVE-2020-27825

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

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat.

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-2020-27825

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27825.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.9.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.9.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.9.6-1
debian debiansidfixed5.9.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.9.6-1

References

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