Vulnerability CVE-2020-28974


Published: 2020-11-20

Description:
A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.

 References:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9.7
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c4e0dff2095c579b142d5a0693257f1c58b4804
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/104

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