CVE-2020-11494
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 2, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 2, 2020
Description
An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9258a2cece4ec1f020715fe3554bc2e360f6264
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0543vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/
- USN-4364-1vendor-advisory
- USN-4368-1vendor-advisory
- USN-4363-1vendor-advisory
- USN-4369-1vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200609 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4698vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=08fadc32ce6239dc75fd5e869590e29bc62bbc28
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