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Debian: CVE-2020-27835: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 7, 2021
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

A use after free in the Linux kernel infiniband hfi1 driver in versions prior to 5.10-rc6 was found in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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