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Full vulnerability report · 2020
CVE-2020-25285High confidence

n/a — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

n/a · n/a

6.4MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Scheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

Canonical’s release and source-package findings are shown separately from local repository availability.

1 package state
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 11 Sept 2026
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2020-17973

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionScheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

What

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

Why

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

Why

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
High: elevated access is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High: exploitation depends on specific conditions
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-362

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition'). The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACHighAttack complexity: Successful exploitation depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control.PRHighPrivileges required: The attacker needs elevated or administrative privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-362
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20200916Security Bulletin 16 Sep 2020

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 16 Sep 2020, published on 16 September 2020. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-751Multiples vulnérabilités dans Google Android

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Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-265Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

ERecord?id=CVE-2018-13095 Référence CVE CVE-2019-16231 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16231 Référence CVE CVE-2019-16232 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16232 Référence CVE CVE-2019-19061 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19061 Référence CVE CVE-2020-0423 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0423 Référence CVE CVE-2020-0465 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0465 Référence CVE CVE-2020-0466 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0466 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14351 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14351 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14390 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14390 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25285 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25639 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25639 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25645 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25645 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25669 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25669 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27830 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27830 Référence CVE CVE-2020-36158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36158 Référence CVE CVE-2021-20194 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20194 Référence CVE CVE-2021-20239 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20239 Référence CVE CVE-2021-20261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-125Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2020-11668 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14331 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14331 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14353 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14353 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14381 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14381 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14390 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14390 Référence CVE CVE-2020-15436 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15436 Référence CVE CVE-2020-15437 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15437 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25211 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25211 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25284 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25284 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25285 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25643 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25643 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25656 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25656 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25668 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25669 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25669 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27068 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27068 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27777 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27777 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27786 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27786 Référence CVE CVE-2020-28915 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-120Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

VERecord?id=CVE-2019-6133 Référence CVE CVE-2020-0444 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0444 Référence CVE CVE-2020-0465 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0465 Référence CVE CVE-2020-0466 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0466 Référence CVE CVE-2020-10781 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10781 Référence CVE CVE-2020-11668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11668 Référence CVE CVE-2020-15436 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15436 Référence CVE CVE-2020-15437 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15437 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25211 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25211 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25285 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25639 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25639 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25668 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25669 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25669 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27068 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27068 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27673 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27673 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27777 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27777 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27786 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27786 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27825 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-784Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

ord?id=CVE-2020-12351 Référence CVE CVE-2020-12352 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12352 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14351 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14351 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14381 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14381 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14390 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14390 Référence CVE CVE-2020-16120 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16120 Référence CVE CVE-2020-2521 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2521 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25212 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25212 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25284 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25284 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25285 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25641 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25641 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25643 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25643 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25645 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25645 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25656 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25656 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25668 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25704 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25705 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25705 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26088 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-776Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2020-12351 Référence CVE CVE-2020-12352 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12352 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14351 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14351 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14381 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14381 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14390 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14390 Référence CVE CVE-2020-16120 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16120 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24490 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25212 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25212 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25284 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25284 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25285 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25641 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25641 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25643 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25643 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25645 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25645 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25656 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25656 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25668 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25704 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25705 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25705 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26088 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-769Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de SUSE. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur, un déni de service à distance et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-750Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyaux linux de SUSE

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyaux linux de SUSE. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur, un contournement de la politique de sécurité et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-741Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau linux de SUSE

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyaux linux de SUSE. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur, un déni de service et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-711Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

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Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-699Multiples vulnérabilités dans Debian LTS

d?id=CVE-2020-14386 Référence CVE CVE-2020-14390 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14390 Référence CVE CVE-2020-15393 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15393 Référence CVE CVE-2020-16166 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16166 Référence CVE CVE-2020-24490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24490 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25211 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25211 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25212 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25212 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25220 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25220 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25284 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25284 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25285 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25641 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25641 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25643 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25643 Référence CVE CVE-2020-25645 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25645 Référence CVE CVE-2020-26088 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26088 Gestion détaillée du document le 02 novembre 2020 Version initiale Alertes Avis Bulletins d’actualités Mentions légales Conditions générales À propos Contact cyber.gouv.fr service-public.fr legifrance.gouv.fr info.gouv.fr france.fr info.gouv.fr/risques Premier Ministre / Secrétariat Général d

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-637Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire, un déni de service, un contournement de la politique de sécurité et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-614Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance, un déni de service à distance et un contournement de la politique de sécurité.

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2020-011063Linux kernel における競合状態に関する脆弱性

Linux kernel には、競合状態に関する脆弱性が存在します。 ベンダは、本脆弱性を CID-17743798d812 として公開しています。

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
n/a: n/a
Fixed
An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 13 Sept 2020 · Last source change 4 Aug 2024, 15:33 UTC · CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-17973
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2020-25285 · cve.blacktree.nl