There is a use-after-free in kernel versions before 5.5 due to a race condition between the release of ptp_clock and cdev while resource deallocation. When a (high privileged) process allocates a ptp device file (like /dev/ptpX) and voluntarily goes to sleep. During this time if the underlying device is removed, it can cause an exploitable condition as the process wakes up to terminate and clean all attached files. The system crashes due to the cdev structure being invalid (as already freed) which is pointed to by the inode.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt | Jun 5, 2020 | May 8, 2020 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-linux | Jun 11, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-kernelhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-kernel-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-kernel-headershuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-kernel-toolshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-kernel-tools-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-perfhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-python-perf | Mar 24, 2021 | May 8, 2020 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-bpftoolhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernelhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-headershuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-sourcehuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-toolshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-tools-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-perfhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-python-perfhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-python3-perf | Dec 15, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-kerneloracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek | Jul 22, 2020 | Nov 25, 2019 |
| Redhat Openshift | linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos | Dec 29, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt | Jun 5, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build | May 15, 2020 | May 8, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1074-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1076-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1110-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1135-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1139-snapdragonubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragonubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtualubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial | Aug 5, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | May 8, 2020 |
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