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Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-24394

High 7.1

In plain English

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

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel before 5.7.8, fs/nfsd/vfs.c (in the NFS server) can set incorrect permissions on new filesystem objects when the filesystem lacks ACL support, aka CID-22cf8419f131. This occurs because the current umask is not considered.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-305.el8ALSA-2021:1578
Debian:12linux5.7.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24394
Debian:13linux5.7.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24394
Debian:14linux5.7.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24394
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-24394
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-24394
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-24394
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-24394

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References