Out-of-bounds Read Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.8.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005497
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Jun 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jun 2021

CVE-2020-28097  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.8.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

CVSS Base Scores

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