CVE-2020-28915 (GCVE-0-2020-28915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-18 07:59 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:40
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Summary
A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.
Severity
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CWE
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