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Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-25212: ELSA-2021-1578: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-25212: ELSA-2021-1578: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/09/2020
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/07/2020
Modified
12/06/2024

Description

A TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.3 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory or possibly have unspecified other impact because a size check is in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c instead of fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c, aka CID-b4487b935452. A flaw was found in the NFSv4 implementation where when mounting a remote attacker controlled server it could return specially crafted response allow for local memory corruption and possibly privilege escalation.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

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