Use After Free Affecting kernel-default-man package, versions <4.12.14-150.52.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELDEFAULTMAN-2725588
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Jun 2020

Introduced: 18 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12657  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-default-man to version 4.12.14-150.52.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-man package and not the kernel-default-man package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5. There is a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c related to bfq_idle_slice_timer_body.

CVSS Scores

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