Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default package, versions <7-2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELLIVEPATCH4121419729DEFAULT-3260644
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Nov 2020

Introduced: 5 Nov 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default to version 7-2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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