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-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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-25T16:48:37.567Z
Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-14381
Updated: 2024-08-04T12:46:34.170Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-12-03T17:15:12.347
Modified: 2026-02-25T18:16:52.197
Link: CVE-2020-14381
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