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SUSE: CVE-2020-25704: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2020-25704: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/15/2020
Created
11/17/2020
Added
11/15/2020
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2020:3484-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3507-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3512-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3513-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3522-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3532-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3544-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3713-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3715-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3717-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3748-1
  • CVE-2020-25704
  • USN-4679-1
  • USN-4710-1
  • USN-4711-1
  • USN-4751-1
  • USN-4752-1
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