SB20200716126 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Published: July 16, 2020 Updated: December 28, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB20200716126
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15393)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in "drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c" file. A local user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
2) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15780)
The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper authorization in "in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c". A local administrator can inject malicious ACPI tables via configfs to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00071.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=28ebeb8db77035e058a510ce9bd17c2b9a009dba
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/2/968
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/7
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.7
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=75b0cea7bf307f362057cc778efe89af4c615354
- https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language-2.sh
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/15/3