UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8428

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8428

    Published: 29 Jan 2020Last Modified: 5 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-8428
    Aliases:
    USN-4318-1
    USN-4319-1
    USN-4320-1

    Summary:

    Details: fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8428, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/28/2, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/02/1, https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=190005201ced78a74ad6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4318-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4319-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4320-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4325-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4324-1, https://usn.ubuntu.com/lsn/0065-1/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8428

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1065.69

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12
    4.4.0-1014.14
    4.4.0-1016.16
    4.4.0-1017.17
    4.4.0-1019.19
    4.4.0-1022.22
    4.4.0-1023.23
    4.4.0-1024.25
    4.4.0-1025.26
    4.4.0-1027.30
    4.4.0-1028.31
    4.4.0-1029.32
    4.4.0-1031.34
    4.4.0-1032.35
    4.4.0-1034.37
    4.4.0-1036.39
    4.4.0-1037.40
    4.4.0-1038.41
    4.4.0-1039.42
    4.4.0-1040.43
    4.4.0-1042.45
    4.4.0-1044.47
    4.4.0-1045.48
    4.4.0-1046.50
    4.4.0-1048.52
    4.4.0-1050.54
    4.4.0-1052.56
    4.4.0-1054.58
    4.4.0-1055.59
    4.4.0-1056.60
    4.4.0-1058.62
    4.4.0-1059.63
    4.4.0-1060.64
    4.4.0-1061.65
    4.4.0-1062.66
    4.4.0-1064.68

    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