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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29660 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29660

A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c may allow a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID, aka CID-c8bcd9c5be24.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 9, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

89 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

38 explicit affected versions

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

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

68 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:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

52 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

32 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

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

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

91 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

22 explicit affected versions

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

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

60 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

163 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

122 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

68 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

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

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

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

78 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

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

100 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

84 explicit affected versions

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

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-dell300x

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

2 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-2020-29660

A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c may allow a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID, aka CID-c8bcd9c5be24.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence