CVE-2020-25285
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25285
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-25285.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-25285
- Aliases
-
- A-168881044
- PUB-A-168881044
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-09-13T18:15:09.990Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T14:38:40.751074Z
- Severity
-
- 6.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.8.8"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "9.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "20.04"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-25285.json"