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Vulnerability CVE-2020-8992
Published: 2020-02-14
Description: |
ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size. |
Type:
CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'))
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 |
References: |
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1236118/
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