CVE-2020-36558
A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWEs
- CWE-362, CWE-476
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd1ed50efd88261298577cd92a14f2768eddeeb
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd1ed50efd88261298577cd92a14f2768eddeeb