vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2020-25704: CVE-2020-25704 kernel: perf_event_parse_addr_filter memory (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 2, 2020
Added
May 21, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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