CVE-2020-12656
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
gss_mech_free in net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c in the rpcsec_gss_krb5 implementation in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10 lacks certain domain_release calls, leading to a memory leak. Note: This was disputed with the assertion that the issue does not grant any access not already available. It is a problem that on unloading a specific kernel module some memory is leaked, but loading kernel modules is a privileged operation. A user could also write a kernel module to consume any amount of memory they like and load that replicating the effect of this bug
** EN DISPUTA ** En la función gss_mech_free en el archivo net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c en la implementación rpcsec_gss_krb5 en el kernel de Linux versiones hasta 5.6.10 carece de ciertas llamadas domain_release, onllevando a una perdida de memoria. Nota: Esto se discutió con la afirmación de que el tema no otorga ningún acceso no disponible. Es un problema que al descargar un módulo específico del kernel se filtre algo de memoria, pero la carga de módulos del kernel es una operación privilegiada. Un usuario también podría escribir un módulo del kernel para consumir cualquier cantidad de memoria que desee y cargarlo replicando el efecto de este fallo.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2020-05-05 CVE Reserved
- 2020-05-05 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (5)
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html | 2024-06-04 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html | 2024-06-04 | |
| https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206651 | 2024-06-04 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1 | 2024-06-04 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1 | 2024-06-04 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | <= 5.6.10 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 5.6.10" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 20.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "20.04" | lts |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.2" | - |
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