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CVE-2020-27825

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.7 EPSS 0.28%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-12-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2020-27825
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.7
EPSS
0.28%
Linux

Original NVD Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat.

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