CVE-2020-11565
What it is
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.2. mpol_parse_str in mm/mempolicy.c has a stack-based out-of-bounds write because an empty nodelist is mishandled during mount option parsing, aka CID-aa9f7d5172fa. NOTE: Someone in the security community disagrees that this is a vulnerability because the issue “is a bug in parsing mount options which can only be specified by a privileged user, so triggering the bug does not grant any powers not already held.”
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. High risk of data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.0 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel ≤ 5.6.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.0
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
References
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4363-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4367-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4667
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa9f7d5172fac9bf1f09e678c35e287a40a7b7dd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4363-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4367-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4667
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698