| Name | CVE-2020-28097 |
| Description | The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed |
| buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.289-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.197-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.191-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.55-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.52-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.5.10-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.5.13-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.240-1 | | | |
| linux | source | buster | 4.19.146-1 | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 5.8.10-1 | | | |
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/1