CVE-2020-10942

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

EPSS

<1%p61

Published

Mar 24, 2020 (Mar 24, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

Vendors: linux opensuse debian canonical
Products: linux kernel, leap, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.0%)

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