CVE-2020-9383
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it, aka CID-2e90ca68b0d2.
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-2020-9383
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-9383.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202003-6
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.5.7.arch1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.5.13-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.5.13-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.5.13-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.5.13-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.5.13-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.