CVE-2020-27815
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 26, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 27, 2020
Description
A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Linux Kerneln/a |
|
References
- [oss-security] 20201201 CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTreemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20201228 Re: CVE-2020-27815 Linux kernel: jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTreemailing-list
- DSA-4843vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210212 [SECURITY] [DLA 2557-1] linux-4.19 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2586-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1897668%2C
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/30/5%2C
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/28/1%2C
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c61b3e4839007668360ed8b87d7da96d2e59fc6c
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0004/
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.