VYPR
Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-15436

CVE-2020-15436

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by leveraging improper access to a certain error field.

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