Log in Start free

Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2020 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-14385

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in kernel from Linux Kernel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.8.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14385
Debian:13linux5.8.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14385
Debian:14linux5.8.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14385
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14385
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14385
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14385

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Kernel kernel before 5.9-rc4

Weakness: CWE-131 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References