| Name | CVE-2020-28974 |
| Description | A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height. |
| 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-2483-1, DLA-2494-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | stretch | 4.9.228-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.272-2 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.208-1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.194-3 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.70-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.46-5 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 5.15.5-1 | fixed | |
| linux-4.19 (PTS) | stretch (security) | 4.19.208-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.246-1 | DLA-2494-1 | ||
| linux | source | buster | 4.19.160-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 5.9.9-1 | |||
| linux-4.19 | source | stretch | 4.19.160-2~deb9u1 | DLA-2483-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/3c4e0dff2095c579b142d5a0693257f1c58b4804
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/2