vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2020-0404: CVE-2020-0404 kernel: avoid cyclic entity chains due to malformed USB descriptors (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 17, 2020
Added
May 13, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

In uvc_scan_chain_forward of uvc_driver.c, there is a possible linked list corruption due to an unusual root cause. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the kernel with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-111893654References: Upstream kernel

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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