CVE-2018-20669

Public on 2019-03-21
Modified on 2020-07-21
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked before accessing userspace data in certain situations. Lack of such checks in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c may allow a local unprivileged attacker to possible escalate its privileges.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2020-07-16 ALAS-2020-1401
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2020-07-22 ALAS2-2020-1465

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H