CVE-2020-25704
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 2, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 16, 2020
Description
A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895961
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bdb157cdebbf95a1cd94ed2e01b338714075d00
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201210 [SECURITY] [DLA 2483-1] linux-4.19 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201218 [SECURITY] [DLA 2494-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220802-0003/
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