7.8
CWE
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Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2020-7053: Use After Free

First published: Tue Jan 14 2020(Updated: )

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s GPU driver functionality when destroying GEM context. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/kernel-rt<0:3.10.0-1160.21.1.rt56.1158.el7
0:3.10.0-1160.21.1.rt56.1158.el7
redhat/kernel<0:3.10.0-1160.21.1.el7
0:3.10.0-1160.21.1.el7
redhat/kernel-rt<0:4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
0:4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
redhat/kernel<0:4.18.0-193.el8
0:4.18.0-193.el8
Linux Linux kernel>=4.14<=4.14.165
Linux Linux kernel>=4.19<=4.19.96
Linux Linux kernel>=5.0<=5.2
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.119-1
6.12.6-1
6.12.8-1

Remedy

In case of dedicated graphic card presence and i915 GPU is not being used, you can prevent module i915 from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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