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Red Hat: CVE-2020-10732: CVE-2020-10732 kernel: uninitialized kernel data leak in userspace coredumps (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-10732: CVE-2020-10732 kernel: uninitialized kernel data leak in userspace coredumps (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/12/2020
Created
10/01/2020
Added
10/01/2020
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Userspace core dumps. This flaw allows an attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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