Use After Free Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUGMODULES-1340756
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 18 Jun 2020
Introduced: 18 Jun 2020
CVE-2020-14416 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-debug-modules.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-modules package and not the kernel-debug-modules package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14416
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162002
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.16
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ace17d56824165c7f4c68785d6b58971db954dd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
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