4.4
Medium
CVE-2020-11935 It was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method
Description
It was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux kernel (aufs filesystem module) 5.4 | earliest → < 5.4.0-42.46 | 5.4.0-42.46 |
| Linux kernel (aufs filesystem module) 4.15 | earliest → < 4.15.0-112.113 | 4.15.0-112.113 |
| Linux kernel (aufs filesystem module) 4.4 | earliest → < 4.4.0-186.216 | 4.4.0-186.216 |
References
- Ubuntu Security CVE-2020-11935 ubuntu.com
- Launchpad Bug 1873074 bugs.launchpad.net
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