Description
There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206359
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00039.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
17.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.5.2
opensuse/leap
15.1
Published
Feb 06, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026