CVE-2020-7053

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s GPU driver functionality when destroying GEM context. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges.

The impact of this issue is Moderate, because attack is specific for certain Intel hardware and could be triggered only by local user with write access to the device.

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.

In case of dedicated graphic card presence and i915 GPU is not being used, you can prevent module i915 from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.