A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00

Updated: 2022-10-11T00:00:00

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-14314

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-15T20:15:13.213

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:17:08.473


Link: CVE-2020-14314

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