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CVE-2020-10942 (GCVE-0-2020-10942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-24 21:03 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:21
VLAI
Summary
In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
https://git.kernel.org/linus/42d84c8490f9f0931786… x_refsource_MISC
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/15/125 x_refsource_MISC
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/Chan… x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2020040… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4667 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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