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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-28915: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-28915: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
11/18/2020
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/05/2022
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

  • CVE-2020-28915

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