Red Hat: CVE-2020-36558: race condition in VT_RESIZEX ioctl when vc_cons[i].d is already NULL leading to NULL pointer dereference (Multiple Advisories)
4
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
07/21/2022
11/10/2022
11/09/2022
04/26/2024
Description
A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.
Solution(s)
- redhat-upgrade-kernel
- redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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