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CVE-2020-28588

kernel: information leak in the syscall implementation on 32-bit systems

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 3, 2020

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw read uninitialized values in the Linux kernel syscall implementation on 32 bit-systems was found in the way user reading /proc/self/syscall. A local user could use this flaw to read three 64 bits uninitialized values, but cannot control which values. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 2.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource