A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25285
Reference (s):
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0002/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.8
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17743798d81238ab13050e8e2833699b54e15467
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303749848898904067
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