CVE-2020-10942

medium

Description

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4667

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4342-1/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0003/

https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/15/125

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html

https://git.kernel.org/linus/42d84c8490f9f0931786f1623191fcab397c3d64

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/4

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-03-24

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H