| Name | CVE-2020-8428 |
| Description | fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2242-1, DSA-4667-1, DSA-4698-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed | |
| linux-4.9 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.9.303-1~deb8u3 | 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 | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.210-1+deb9u1 | DSA-4698-1 | ||
| linux | source | buster | 4.19.98-1+deb10u1 | DSA-4667-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 5.4.19-1 | |||
| linux-4.9 | source | jessie | 4.9.210-1+deb9u1~deb8u1 | DLA-2242-1 |
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/d0cb50185ae942b03c4327be322055d622dc79f6