A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2557-1 linux-4.19 security update
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20316 A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4748-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:43.353Z

Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-27815

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-26T13:15:07.647

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21:51.940

Link: CVE-2020-27815

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-27815 - Bugzilla

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