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Red Hat: CVE-2020-14356: CVE-2020-14356 kernel: Use After Free vulnerability in cgroup BPF component (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-14356: CVE-2020-14356 kernel: Use After Free vulnerability in cgroup BPF component (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/19/2020
Created
05/21/2021
Added
05/21/2021
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found in the way when reboot the system. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution(s)

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

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