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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12655: CVE-2020-12655 kernel: sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12655: CVE-2020-12655 kernel: sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
09/24/2020
Added
09/22/2020
Modified
03/13/2024

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(s)

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

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