UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28974
A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9.7
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/3c4e0dff2095c579b142d5a0693257f1c58b4804
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c4e0dff2095c579b142d5a0693257f1c58b4804
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/104
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28974
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4679-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4680-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4681-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4683-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4751-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28974
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/2