CVE-2020-24504
linuxVulnerabilityCVSS 5.5Patched
No public exploitation has been reported so far. A fixed version is available (see the table below).
Recommended action: Update to the fixed version listed for your distribution using the native package manager.
Severity metrics
CVSS 3.1 : 5.5 MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 : 2.1 LOW
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected & fixed versions by distribution
Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.
| Distribution | Package | Affected | Fixed version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | linux | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Debian:12 | linux | - | 5.14.6-1 | fixed |
| Debian:13 | linux | - | 5.14.6-1 | fixed |
| Debian:14 | linux | - | 5.14.6-1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | kernel-default-base | - | 5.3.18-59.40.1.18.25.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-default-base | - | 5.3.18-59.40.1.18.25.1 | fixed |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | kernel-default | - | 5.3.18-59.40.1 | fixed |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | kernel-default-base | - | 5.3.18-59.40.1.18.25.1 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | kernel | - | 0:4.18.0-348.el8 | fixed |