CVE-2020-29660

PoC ×2—

CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium

EPSS

<1%p40

Published

Dec 9, 2020 (Dec 9, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c may allow a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID, aka CID-c8bcd9c5be24.

Vendors: linux fedoraproject debian netapp broadcom
Products: linux kernel, fedora, debian linux, active iq unified manager, fabric operating system, solidfire baseboard management controller firmware, h410c firmware, a700s firmware, 8300 firmware, 8700 firmware, a400 firmware
Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-667
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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