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Red Hat: CVE-2020-28915: CVE-2020-28915 kernel: out-of-bounds read in fbcon_get_font function (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2020-28915: CVE-2020-28915 kernel: out-of-bounds read in fbcon_get_font function (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CWE-125, Red Hat, 2020, 28915, 28915 kernel, redhat-upgrade-kernel, redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt, Severity 6

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Nov 18, 2020

Added

Jul 5, 2022

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

CWE-125
EUVD-EUVD-2020-21306
NVD-CVE-2020-28915
REDHAT-RHSA-2022:5316
REDHAT-RHSA-2022:5344
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-21306

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