vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2020-12655: kernel: sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 5, 2020 | Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 5, 2020
Added
Mar 12, 2021
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in xfs_agf_verify in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10. Attackers may trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata, aka CID-d0c7feaf8767.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos
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