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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-36776

medium Nessus Plugin ID 230264

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/cpufreq_cooling: Fix slab OOB issue Slab OOB issue is scanned by KASAN in cpu_power_to_freq(). If power is limited below the power of OPP0 in EM table, it will cause slab out-of-bound issue with negative array index. Return the lowest frequency if limited power cannot found a suitable OPP in EM table to fix this issue. Backtrace:
 [<ffffffd02d2a37f0>] die+0x104/0x5ac [<ffffffd02d2a5630>] bug_handler+0x64/0xd0 [<ffffffd02d288ce4>] brk_handler+0x160/0x258 [<ffffffd02d281e5c>] do_debug_exception+0x248/0x3f0 [<ffffffd02d284488>] el1_dbg+0x14/0xbc [<ffffffd02d75d1d4>] __kasan_report+0x1dc/0x1e0 [<ffffffd02d75c2e0>] kasan_report+0x10/0x20 [<ffffffd02d75def8>] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x18/0x28 [<ffffffd02e6fce5c>] cpufreq_power2state+0x180/0x43c [<ffffffd02e6ead80>] power_actor_set_power+0x114/0x1d4 [<ffffffd02e6fac24>] allocate_power+0xaec/0xde0 [<ffffffd02e6f9f80>] power_allocator_throttle+0x3ec/0x5a4 [<ffffffd02e6ea888>] handle_thermal_trip+0x160/0x294 [<ffffffd02e6edd08>] thermal_zone_device_check+0xe4/0x154 [<ffffffd02d351cb4>] process_one_work+0x5e4/0xe28 [<ffffffd02d352f44>] worker_thread+0xa4c/0xfac [<ffffffd02d360124>] kthread+0x33c/0x358 [<ffffffd02d289940>] ret_from_fork+0xc/0x18 (CVE-2020-36776)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 230264

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_36776.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36776

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36776