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CVE-2020-36557

CVSS v3.1 5.1 (Medium)
51% Progress
EPSS 0.06 % (24th)
0.06% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 19
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A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-416
Use After Free
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2022-07-21 04:15:09
(2 years ago)
Updated Date
2022-07-27 19:24:25
(2 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 5.6.2 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 5.6.2