CVE-2020-28097

Description

The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

CVSS breakdown

Affected products

• Linux / Linux kernel5.8.10
• NetApp / cloud_backup
• NetApp / h300e_firmware
• NetApp / h300s_firmware
• NetApp / h410c_firmware
• NetApp / h410s_firmware
• NetApp / h500e_firmware
• NetApp / h500s_firmware
• NetApp / h700e_firmware
• NetApp / h700s_firmware

References

• MISChttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.10
• MAILING_LISThttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/176
• PATCHhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
• MISChttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
• MISChttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0001/