CVE-2020-25704 (GCVE-0-2020-25704)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:40
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Summary
A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1035 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: kernel 5.10-rc3
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