CVE-2020-36557

CVE-2020-36557

EPSS 0.2%

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.

Affected products

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References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.2 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca4463bf8438b403596edd0ec961ca0d4fbe0220