CVE-2020-25704

Name	CVE-2020-25704
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-2483-1, DLA-2494-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	buster	4.19.249-2	fixed
	buster (security)	4.19.269-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.158-2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.162-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.15-1	fixed
	sid	6.1.20-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	stretch	4.9.246-1	DLA-2494-1
linux	source	buster	4.19.160-1
linux	source	(unstable)	5.9.6-1
linux-4.19	source	stretch	4.19.160-2~deb9u1	DLA-2483-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/7bdb157cdebbf95a1cd94ed2e01b338714075d00