{"cve":"CVE-2020-10942","nvd":{"published":"2020-03-24T22:15:12.470","modified":"2026-06-17T02:48:43.460","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/4","https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.8","https://git.kernel.org/linus/42d84c8490f9f0931786f1623191fcab397c3d64","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel","opensuse:leap"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:03:08.679916934+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-10942","score":0.00999,"percentile":0.62812,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}