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Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-7053

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). 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 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7053
Debian:13linux5.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7053
Debian:14linux5.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7053
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7053
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7053
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7053
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7053

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References