Vulnerability · Published Sep 13, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25284
Medium 4.1
In plain English
A medium-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 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The rbd block device driver in drivers/block/rbd.c in the Linux kernel through 5.8.9 used incomplete permission checking for access to rbd devices, which could be leveraged by local attackers to map or unmap rbd block devices, aka CID-f44d04e696fe.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-305.el8 | ALSA-2021:1578 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.8.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25284 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.8.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25284 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.8.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25284 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25284 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25284 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25284 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f44d04e696feaf13d192d942c4f14ad2e117065a x_refsource_MISC
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1304537507560919041 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200928 [SECURITY] [DLA 2385-1] linux-4.19 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1586 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1655 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST