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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-25285): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-25285): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/13/2020
Created
10/16/2020
Added
10/14/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1059-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1061-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1074-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1074-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1076-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1079-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1081-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1088-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1088-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1090-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1090-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1091-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1093-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1100-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1102-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1103-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-126-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-126-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-126-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-128-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-128-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-128-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1081-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1082-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1117-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1141-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1145-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-193-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-193-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-193-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-193-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-193-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-193-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-193-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1021-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1026-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1028-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1028-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1028-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1031-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-51-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-51-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-51-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-6-0-1053-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-hwe
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-edge
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-4-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

References

  • https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2020-25285
  • CVE - 2020-25285
  • CVE-2020-25285
  • USN-4576-1
  • USN-4579-1
  • USN-4657-1
  • USN-4658-1
  • USN-4659-1
  • USN-4660-1
  • USN-4660-2
  • USN-4680-1
  • USN-4708-1
  • USN-4709-1
  • USN-4749-1
  • USN-4750-1
  • USN-4751-1
  • USN-4876-1
  • USN-4877-1
  • USN-4878-1
  • USN-4879-1
  • USN-4884-1
  • USN-4909-1
  • USN-4910-1
  • USN-4912-1
  • USN-4916-1
  • USN-4917-1
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