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CVE-2020-25668 Details

Description

A flaw was found in Linux Kernel because access to the global variable fg_console is not properly synchronized leading to a use after free in con_font_op.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1893287%2C CVE
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=90bfdeef83f1d6c696039b6a917190dcbbad3220 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0005/ CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-662Improper Synchronization[email protected]
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-25668
NVD Published Date:
May 26, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]