CVE-2020-27784

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    CVE-2020-27784

    Published: 1 Sept 2022Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel, where accessing a deallocated instance in printer_ioctl() printer_ioctl() tries to access of a printer_dev instance. However, use-after-free arises because it had been freed by gprinter_free().

    References: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e8d5f92b8d30bb4ade76494490c3c065e12411b1

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    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Availability
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