CVE-2020-14356 Information

Description

A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found in the way when reboot the system. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00007.html https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208003 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868453 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAM_iQpUKQJrj8wE+Qa8NGR3P0L+5Uz=qo-O5+k_P60HzTde6aw40mail.gmail.com/t/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0002/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4484-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8