CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-36558

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2022-07-21 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-07-21
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-362, CWE-476

Description

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 5.5.7)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References