CVE-2020-28915
Moderate
CVE-2020-28915
A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
November 18, 2020
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-2020-28915
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A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178886
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.15
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af08640795b2b9a940c9266c0260455377ae262
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6735b4632def0640dbdf4eb9f99816aca18c4f16
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=08b8be45afea11888776f897895aef9ad1c3ecfd