PT-2020-16166 · Linux+8 · Linux Kernel+8

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Published

2020-10-15

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Updated

2022-10-25

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CVE-2020-25704

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A flaw in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found, related to the use of PERF EVENT IOC SET FILTER. This issue could allow a local user to cause a denial of service by starving system resources.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Memory Leak

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2021:1578
ALT-PU-2020-3058
ALT-PU-2020-3211
ALT-PU-2020-3553
ALT-PU-2020-3570
ALT-PU-2021-1083
ALT-PU-2021-1105
ALT-PU-2021-1621
ALT-PU-2021-1656
ALT-PU-2021-1739
ALT-PU-2021-1862
ALT-PU-2021-1866
ALT-PU-2021-1870
CESA-2021_1578
CESA-2021_1739
CESA-2022_0063
CVE-2020-25704
DLA-2483-1
DLA-2494-1
MGASA-2021-0030
MGASA-2021-0031
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1906-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2034-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2112-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2260-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2020_1906-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2020_2034-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2020_2112-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2020_2260-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0242-1
RHSA-2021:1578
RHSA-2021:1739
RHSA-2021:2718
RHSA-2021:2719
RHSA-2021_1578
RHSA-2021_1739
RHSA-2022:0063
RHSA-2022:0065
RHSA-2022_0063
RHSA-2022_0065
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
USN-4679-1
USN-4710-1
USN-4711-1
USN-4751-1
USN-4752-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu