VYPR
Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-25641

CVE-2020-25641

Description

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.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

159

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

9

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.