CVE-2020-27820
Moderate
CVE-2020-27820
A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel, where a use-after-frees in nouveau's postclose() handler could happen if removing device (that is not common to remove video card physically without power-off, but same happens if "unbind" the driver).
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
November 3, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-27820
View original source
A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel, where a use-after-frees in nouveau's postclose() handler could happen if removing device (that is not common to remove video card physically without power-off, but same happens if "unbind" the driver).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901726
- https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20201103194912.184413-2-jcline%40redhat.com/
- https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20201103194912.184413-3-jcline%40redhat.com/
- https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20201103194912.184413-4-jcline%40redhat.com/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html