CVE-2020-8428
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.3%
fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed.
Affected configurations
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157233/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0065-1.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/28/4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/02/1
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d0cb50185ae942b03c4327be322055d622dc79f6
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0cb50185ae942b03c4327be322055d622dc79f6
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/
usn.ubuntu.com/4318-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4319-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4320-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4324-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4325-1/
www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4667
www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/28/2
Related
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.3%