vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-27835: ELSA-2021-1578: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 25, 2020
Added
May 26, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.
A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel infiniband hfi1 driver 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.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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