Vulnerabilities
Vulnerable Software

Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-8428

fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 28.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.1
CVSS v2 Score 3.6
References
Products affected by CVE-2020-8428


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