2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
3.3 Low
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.8%
An issue was discovered in romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the
Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka
CID-bcf85fcedfdd.
Author | Note |
---|---|
sbeattie | according to Jann Horn’s post, the sample exploit does not work at least in 20.04/focal due to heap zeroing being enabled. The concern about udisks2 is real, however. |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux | < 4.15.0-121.123 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux | < 5.4.0-51.56 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux | < 4.4.0-193.224 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 4.15.0-1086.91 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 5.4.0-1028.29 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 4.4.0-1081.85 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 4.4.0-1117.131 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-aws-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-aws-hwe | < 4.15.0-1085.90~16.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-azure | < 5.4.0-1031.32 | UNKNOWN |
bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2077
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.4
git.kernel.org/linus/bcf85fcedfdd17911982a3e3564fcfec7b01eebd
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2935e0a3cec1ffa558eea90db6279cff83aa3592
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bcf85fcedfdd17911982a3e3564fcfec7b01eebd
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-29371
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29371
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29371
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4752-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29371
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
3.3 Low
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.8%