CVE-2020-28974 log

Source
Severity Medium
Remote No
Type Information disclosure
Description
A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-1313 linux 5.9.6.arch1-1 5.9.7.arch1-1 Medium Fixed
References
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/2
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/25/1
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c4e0dff2095c579b142d5a0693257f1c58b4804