CVE-2020-8992

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

Publication date:

14/02/2020

Last modified:

27/04/2022

Description

ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

4.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.5.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:::::vmware_vsphere::
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.5.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:::::vmware_vsphere::
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:::::::*

CVE-2020-8992

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools