vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2020-36557: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 21, 2022
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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