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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11494 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11494

An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 2, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

78 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

42 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.0

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.3

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

40 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

80 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

109 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2-5.3

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

87 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

69 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

27 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11494

An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence