Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:27771Privilege Escalation
6.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel’s filesystem subsystem handled a race condition in the cdev_get of char_dev.c function.This flaw allows a privileged local user to starve the resources, causing potentially escalating their privileges in the system
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/index
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4609
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2020-06-01
Related
6.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P