A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT. A local user could use this flaw to get read memory access out of bounds. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/16/84
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-25656