cve/2020/CVE-2020-36557.md

CVE-2020-36557

Description

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.

POC

Reference

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.2
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.2
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca4463bf8438b403596edd0ec961ca0d4fbe0220
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca4463bf8438b403596edd0ec961ca0d4fbe0220

Github

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