Incorrect Authorization Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.7.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006079
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.7.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization. An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.7. Injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30.

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CVSS Base Scores

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