A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that is about to be unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-6521 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that is about to be unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-25T16:48:37.567Z

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-14381

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:46:34.170Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-03T17:15:12.347

Modified: 2026-02-25T18:16:52.197

Link: CVE-2020-14381

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-05-07T19:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14381 - Bugzilla

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