CVE-2020-28915

Medium

Description

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedNov 18, 2020
First seenNov 18, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.8.15 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 5.8.155.8.15

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