CVE-2020-14416
Moderate
CVE-2020-14416
In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
June 18, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-14416
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In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162002
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.16
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ace17d56824165c7f4c68785d6b58971db954dd