CVE-2020-15436

medium

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by leveraging improper access to a certain error field.

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-074-07

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0002/

https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/7/379

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-23

Updated: 2023-10-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

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

Severity: Medium