Vulnerability CVE-2020-10942
Published: 2020-03-24   Modified: 2020-03-25

Description:
In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

Type:

CWE-787

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.8
https://git.kernel.org/linus/42d84c8490f9f0931786f1623191fcab397c3d64
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/15/125
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