| Name | CVE-2020-10942 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2241-1, DLA-2242-1, DSA-4667-1, DSA-4698-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | stretch | 4.9.228-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.290-1 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.208-1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.194-3 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.84-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.46-5 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 5.15.5-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.84-1 | DLA-2241-1 | ||
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.210-1+deb9u1 | DSA-4698-1 | ||
| linux | source | buster | 4.19.98-1+deb10u1 | DSA-4667-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 5.5.13-1 | |||
| linux-4.9 | source | jessie | 4.9.210-1+deb9u1~deb8u1 | DLA-2242-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/42d84c8490f9f0931786f1623191fcab397c3d64 (5.6-rc4)