Race Condition Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-24.34.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-2697492
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Nov 2020

Introduced: 3 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-25285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-24.34.1 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:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

CVSS Scores

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