Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-25641

Title: Linux kernel biovecs infinite loop DoS

Denial of Service

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-25641.

CWE Category CWE-835
Published Date Oct 06, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-25641: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop, causing a denial of service. This flaw allows a local attacker with basic privileges to issue requests to a block device, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Impacted Vendors

U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1
G
gowondesigns 1
O
opensuse 1
L
linux 1
D
debian 1
R
redhat 1
C
cisco 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/06/9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881424 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7e24969022cbd61ddc586f14824fc205661bb124 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/block/biovecs.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/06/9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881424 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7e24969022cbd61ddc586f14824fc205661bb124 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/block/biovecs.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-25641 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.