CVE-2020-35513

Publication date 26 January 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw incorrect umask during file or directory modification in the Linux kernel NFS (network file system) functionality was found in the way user create and delete object using NFSv4.2 or newer if both simultaneously accessing the NFS by the other process that is not using new NFSv4.2. A user with access to the NFS could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-23.25
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-aws 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1010.10
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-aws-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-azure-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.8 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored superseded by linux-hwe
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1011.11
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-oem 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-raspi
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1012.13
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8, was needs-triage
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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