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CVE-2020-29661

kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an use-after-free

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 4, 2020

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A locking vulnerability was found in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c. This flaw allows a local attacker to possibly corrupt memory or escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference