VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-27825

CVSS score5.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-12-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-362

Primary references