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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LINUX49-571914
  • published29 Apr 2020
  • disclosed29 Apr 2020

Introduced: 29 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-12464  (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.

usb_sg_cancel in drivers/usb/core/message.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8 has a use-after-free because a transfer occurs without a reference, aka CID-056ad39ee925.

CVSS Base Scores

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