Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13974
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the bpftool package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.1. drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c has an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row, aka CID-b86dab054059. NOTE: Members in the community argue that the integer overflow does not lead to a security issue in this case.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | bpftool | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-core | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-cross-headers | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-core | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-devel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-devel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-doc | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-headers | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules-extra | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | perf | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | python3-perf | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.7.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13974 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.7.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13974 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.7.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13974 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | RLSA-2022:1988 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel-rt | 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8 | RLSA-2022:1975 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13974 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13974 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13974 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13974 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0935 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- USN-4427-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4439-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4440-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1153 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200812 [SECURITY] [DLA 2323-1] linux-4.19 new package mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-4483-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4485-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b86dab054059b970111b5516ae548efaae5b3aae x_refsource_MISC
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/22/482 x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=dad0bf9ce93fa40b667eccd3306783f4db4b932b x_refsource_MISC