CVE-2020-14314

NameCVE-2020-14314
DescriptionA memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2385-1, DLA-2420-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.304-1fixed
bullseye5.10.209-2fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2fixed
bookworm6.1.76-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1fixed
trixie6.6.15-2fixed
sid6.7.9-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcestretch4.9.240-1DLA-2420-1
linuxsourcebuster4.19.146-1
linuxsource(unstable)5.8.7-1
linux-4.19sourcestretch4.19.146-1~deb9u1DLA-2385-1

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1853922
https://git.kernel.org/linus/5872331b3d91820e14716632ebb56b1399b34fe1

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