CVE-2020-11935
aufs: improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method
MEDIUM 4.4
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.20 % · percentile 10 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- canonical
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
It was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-911 — Improper Update of Reference Count
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | canonical |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security@ubuntu.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-4272
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-11935
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0326 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0316 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2020-AVI-466 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2020-AVI-460 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Linux kernel (aufs filesystem module) | unaffected 4.4.0-186.216 < 4.4* ; unaffected 4.15.0-112.113 < 4.15* ; unaffected 5.4.0-42.46 < 5.4* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |