Use After Free Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <4.12.14-150.63.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELMACROS-2697654
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Nov 2020

Introduced: 26 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-14381  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-macros to version 4.12.14-150.63.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that is about to be unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1