Memory Leak Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006470
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Dec 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-25704  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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