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Medium 4.2Published Jun 18, 2020
CVE-2020-14416In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824.
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In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.
- CVSS
- 4.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | before 5.4.16 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 15.1; 15.2 | NVD |
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162002x-refsource-misc
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ace17d56824165c7f4c68785d6b58971db954ddx-refsource-misc
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.16x-refsource-misc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
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