CVE-2020-11494
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.72%• Percentile: 52%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-908•Use of Uninitialized Resource
The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.
- CWE-909•Missing Initialization of Resource
The product does not initialize a critical resource.
Affected Systems
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.10
- debian•linux
< 5.5.17-1 | < 5.5.17-1 | < 5.5.17-1 | < 5.5.17-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-179.209 | < 4.15.0-101.102
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1067.71 | < 4.4.0-1107.118 | < 4.15.0-1067.71
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
< 5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1067.71~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1083.93~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1083.93~16.04.1 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
< 4.15.0-1083.93
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
< 5.3.0-1022.23~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1034.39 | all | < 4.15.0-1029.34
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1071.81~16.04.1 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
< 5.3.0-1020.22~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1059.62
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.0
< 5.0.0-1037.38
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.3
< 5.3.0-1020.22~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-101.102~16.04.1 | < 5.3.0-53.47~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1071.78 | < 4.15.0-1060.61
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-179.209~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1081.91
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.6
< 5.6.0-1008.8
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1052.57
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1039.43~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1039.43
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
< 5.3.0-1018.20~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi
< 5.4.0-1011.11
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1133.142 | < 4.15.0-1062.66 | all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2-5.3
< 5.3.0-1026.28~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1137.145 | < 4.15.0-1079.86
- debian•debian_linux
8.0 | 9.0
- linux•linux_kernel
≥ 3.16, ≤ 5.6.2
- opensuse•leap
15.1
References (23)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9258a2cece4ec1f020715fe3554bc2e360f6264
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4363-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=08fadc32ce6239dc75fd5e869590e29bc62bbc28
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11494
- https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200401100639.20199-1-rpalethorpe@suse.com/
- https://github.com/richiejp/ltp/blob/pty-slcan/testcases/kernel/pty/pty04.c
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4363-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4364-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4369-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4368-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/lsn/0067-1/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11494
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11494