VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-25704

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-12-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-401
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references