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Debian: CVE-2020-8649: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-8649: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/06/2020
Created
06/11/2020
Added
06/11/2020
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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