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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-14314
A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux...
Vulnerability Description
A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5872331b3d91820e14716632ebb56b1399b34fe1
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/f53e246b-647c-64bb-16ec-135383c70ad7%40redhat.com/T/#u
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14314
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0003/
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
before 5.9-rc2
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 15th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H