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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25285

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory,...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8.10-1"}]}]

Debian:13 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8.10-1"}]}]

Debian:14 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8.10-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org