CVE-2020-25669
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel where the function sunkbd_reinit having been scheduled by sunkbd_interrupt before sunkbd being freed. Though the dangling pointer is set to NULL in sunkbd_disconnect, there is still an alias in sunkbd_reinit causing Use After Free.
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affected products (26)
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references (38)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/05/2cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/20/5cnnvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77e70d351db7de07a46ac49b87a6c3c7a60fca7ecnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161165/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4708-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161552/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4749-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162168/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4912-1.htmlcnnvd
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