Vulnerability CVE-2020-14416
Published: 2020-06-18

Description:
In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.7/10
6.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162002
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.16
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ace17d56824165c7f4c68785d6b58971db954dd
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