vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2020-25285: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 13, 2020 | May 4, 2022 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 13, 2020
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.
Solution
alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
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