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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-12464: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-12464: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/29/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

usb_sg_cancel in drivers/usb/core/message.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8 has a use-after-free because a transfer occurs without a reference, aka CID-056ad39ee925.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

References

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