CVE-2020-28097

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    CVE-2020-28097

    Published: 24 Jun 2021Last Modified: 2 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

    References: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0001/, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45, https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/176, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.10

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45

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