CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-14356

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-08-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-08-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found in the way when reboot the system. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.231) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.189) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.134) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.53) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.7.10) • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • opensuse leap 15.1 • opensuse leap 15.2 • debian debian linux 9.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 20.04 • netapp active iq unified manager • netapp cloud backup • netapp hci management node • netapp solidfire • netapp solidfire baseboard management controller firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References