CVE-2020-36766
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.
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affected products (9)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-2395Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-09-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
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sources
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references (10)
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- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.6cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-36766/cnnvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36766cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.6086cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.6445cnnvd
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.6enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570enisa_euvd
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