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Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-28915: ELSA-2020-5996: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-28915: ELSA-2020-5996: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
11/16/2020
Created
12/16/2020
Added
12/15/2020
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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