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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-29660

A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c may allow a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID, aka CID-c8bcd9c5be24.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.47%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c may allow a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID, aka CID-c8bcd9c5be24.

CVSS 3.1
4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.47% probability · 40th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416, CWE-667
Affected
linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · netapp/active iq unified manager · broadcom/fabric operating system · netapp/solidfire baseboard management controller firmware · netapp/h410c firmware · netapp/a700s firmware · netapp/8300 firmware · netapp/8700 firmware · netapp/a400 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.