CVE-2020-25668

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    CVE-2020-25668

    Published: 26 May 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in Linux Kernel because access to the global variable fg_console is not properly synchronized leading to a use after free in con_font_op.

    References: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/30/1%2C, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/04/3%2C, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0005/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1893287%2C, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/30/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/04/3, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=90bfdeef83f1d6c696039b6a917190dcbbad3220

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