CVE-2020-25212 Information

Description

A TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.3 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory or possibly have unspecified other impact because a size check is in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c instead of fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c aka CID-b4487b935452.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.3 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b4487b93545214a9db8cbf32e86411677b0cca21 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://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303370421958578179 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0