Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2020-10942

Disclosure Date: March 24, 2020
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Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.3 Medium
Impact Score:
4.2
Exploitability Score:
1
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
Low
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • linux,
  • opensuse

Products

  • debian linux 10.0,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • leap 15.1,
  • linux kernel,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 18.04,
  • ubuntu linux 19.10

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