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CVE-2020-36557

5.1 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.1) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.1 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-362, CWE-416
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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