CVE-2020-8992
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8992
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8992.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-8992
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-02-14T05:15:13.667Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-14T14:49:03.568834Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
ext4protectreservedinode in fs/ext4/blockvalidity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size.
- References
-
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4318-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4324-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4342-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4419-1/
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1236118/
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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},
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"last_affected": "5.5.3"
}
]
},
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.04"
}
]
},
{
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "19.10"
}
]
},
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "15.1"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8992.json"