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CVE-2020-27825

Published: 11 December 2020

A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-16.19)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-9.12)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-26.30)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-16.19)
Patches:
Introduced by

b23d7a5f4a07af02343cdd28fe1f7488bac3afda

Fixed by bbeb97464eefc65f506084fd9f18f21653e01137
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1001.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1018.18~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1006.6)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1010.10)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.11.0-1009.9)
linux-azure-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1082.92)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1020.20~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.10.0-1004.4)
linux-gcp-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1071.81)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.2)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1030.32)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1011.11~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gkeop-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1001.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(replaced by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-37.41~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-23.24~20.04.1)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.2)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1004.4)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1004.9)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.6.0-1007.7)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1007.7)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.8)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1013.13~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-1005.5)
focal Ignored
(replaced by linux-raspi)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-1013.19)
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1017.19~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-riscv
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-24.28)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-24.28)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1077.82)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.10~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1013.15)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.7
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H