Red Hat: CVE-2020-36557: race condition between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys, causing a use-after-free in con_shutdown(). (Multiple Advisories)
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(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
07/21/2022
02/02/2023
02/01/2023
03/13/2024
Description
A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.
Solution(s)
- redhat-upgrade-kernel
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