PT-2020-16802
CVE-2020-27815
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Published
2020-11-11
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Updated
2023-07-28
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux Kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code, allowing a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this issue is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.
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