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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-36557: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2021:1578)

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 21, 2022
Added
Feb 1, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 2025

Description

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.

Solution

centos-upgrade-kernel

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