CVE-2020-15436

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Nov 23, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Jun 30, 2020

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by leveraging improper access to a certain error field.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux kerneln/a	5.7 (verified), possibly others 4.18Affected

References

https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/7/379
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0002/

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