Vulnerability CVE-2020-9383


Published: 2020-02-25

Description:
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it, aka CID-2e90ca68b0d2.

Type:

CWE-125

(Out-of-bounds Read)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e90ca68b0d2f5548804f22f0dd61145516171e3

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