CVE-2020-27815

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    CVE-2020-27815

    Published: 26 May 2021Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0004/, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1897668%2C, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c61b3e4839007668360ed8b87d7da96d2e59fc6c, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/28/1, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/30/5%2C, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/28/1%2C, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/30/5

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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