vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2020-14351: performance counters race condition use-after-free (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 3, 2020
Added
Feb 17, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

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