Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by leveraging improper access to a certain error field.
No PoCs from references.
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-15436
- https://github.com/Trinadh465/linux-4.19.72_CVE-2020-15436
- https://github.com/google/vanir
- https://github.com/suddenabnormalsecrets/vanir