A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895961 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bdb157cdebbf95a1cd94ed2e01b338714075d00 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/1 | Mailing List |
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220802-0003/ | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-10-11T00:00:00
Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-25704
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-12-02T01:15:12.670
Modified: 2022-10-25T16:30:04.657
Link: CVE-2020-25704
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE