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Medium severity4.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-25656

CVE-2020-25656

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access out of bounds. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

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