Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2024179
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Nov 2020

Introduced: 16 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-28915  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 kernel-abi-whitelists.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

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