Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-36387 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.2. fs/io_uring.c has a use-after-free related to io_async_task_func and ctx reference holding, aka CID-6d816e088c35.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6d816e088c359866f9867057e04f244c608c42fe
- https://sites.google.com/view/syzscope/kasan-use-after-free-read-in-io_async_task_func
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=ce5f07d6ec3b5050b8f0728a3b389aa510f2591b
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0006/