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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7053 High

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7053

In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 14, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

31 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

19 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

43 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

4 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:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.0

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

36 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

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

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

50 explicit affected versions

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

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

27 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 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-2020-7053

In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence