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cvelistMitreCVELIST:CVE-2020-25221
HistorySep 10, 2020 - 1:39 p.m.

CVE-2020-25221

2020-09-1013:39:59
mitre
www.cve.org
10
linux kernel
privilege escalation
gate page handling

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

14.2%

get_gate_page in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 5.7.x and 5.8.x before 5.8.7 allows privilege escalation because of incorrect reference counting (caused by gate page mishandling) of the struct page that backs the vsyscall page. The result is a refcount underflow. This can be triggered by any 64-bit process that can use ptrace() or process_vm_readv(), aka CID-9fa2dd946743.

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

14.2%