CVE-2020-28915

MediumCVSS 5.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178886Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af08640795b2b9a940c9266c0260455377ae262Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6735b4632def0640dbdf4eb9f99816aca18c4f16Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=08b8be45afea11888776f897895aef9ad1c3ecfdPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178886Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af08640795b2b9a940c9266c0260455377ae262Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6735b4632def0640dbdf4eb9f99816aca18c4f16Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=08b8be45afea11888776f897895aef9ad1c3ecfdPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 18, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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