NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (25th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-2964412
- published 1 Aug 2022
- disclosed 10 Feb 2020
Introduced: 10 Feb 2020
CVE-2020-36558 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9
kernel-core
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core
package and not the kernel-core
package as distributed by RHEL
.
See How to fix?
for RHEL:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36558
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7444
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7683
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd1ed50efd88261298577cd92a14f2768eddeeb
CVSS Scores
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