MEDIUM 5.3 Microsoft

CVE-2020-10942

In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8 get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

Microsoft Security Update 2020-Mar: In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8 get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

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Published: 2020-03-10 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-10-24
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 was published on 2020-03-10 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.4.91-3 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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