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Red Hat: CVE-2020-28097: kernel: out-of-bounds read/write in vgacon_scrolldelta function

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2020-28097: kernel: out-of-bounds read/write in vgacon_scrolldelta function
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2021-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2020, 28097, kernel, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 4

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jun 24, 2021

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 9, 2025

Description

The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2020-28097

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