VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-27835

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-01-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A use after free in the Linux kernel infiniband hfi1 driver in versions prior to 5.10-rc6 was found in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-416

Primary references