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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-28974

CVE-2020-28974

Description

A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.

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