Use After Free Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <4.12.14-197.75.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.93% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDOCS-2694204
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-15436  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-docs to version 4.12.14-197.75.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by leveraging improper access to a certain error field.

CVSS Base Scores

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