A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access out of bounds. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
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| https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/29/528 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory | 
| https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/16/84 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory | 
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888726 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory | 
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory | 
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0006/ | Third Party Advisory | 
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Information
                Published : 2020-12-01 17:15
Updated : 2022-10-25 10:03
NVD link : CVE-2020-25656
Mitre link : CVE-2020-25656
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CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-416
                        
            Use After Free
Products Affected
                redhat
- enterprise_linux
 
starwindsoftware
- starwind_virtual_san
 
debian
- debian_linux
 
linux
- linux_kernel
 


