Use After Free Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.210-1+deb9u1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LINUX49-571912
  • published29 Jan 2020
  • disclosed29 Jan 2020

Introduced: 29 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-8428  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.210-1+deb9u1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.9 package and not the linux-4.9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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