CVE-2020-25641
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could cause the kernel to enter an infinite
02 Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could cause the kernel to enter an infinite
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-10-06 13:33Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-09-16
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 18e68e7c293d3b499a31589eb781cd7f0a965a9c8c26b4ba43919571067ad241
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881424
- git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7e24969022cbd61ddc586f14824fc205661bb124
- www.kernel.orghttps://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/block/biovecs.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20201006 Re: CVE-2020-25641 kernel: soft lockup when submitting zero length bvecs.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/06/9
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1655http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4576-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1698http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- kernel-tools-libs-devel Fixed in 4.18.0-240.el8
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- kernel-tools-libs-devel Fixed in 4.18.0-240.el8
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 5.8.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 5.8.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 5.8.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux-aws-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-1088.93~16.04.1
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1100.111~16.04.1
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.15.0-1088.101~16.04.1
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-126.129~16.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1059.65~16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.15.0-126.129
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.15.0-1088.93
- linux-aws-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1100.111
- linux-azure-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1031.32~18.04.1
- linux-azure-edge No fix yet
- linux-dell300x Fixed in 4.15.0-1007.11
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-gcp-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1088.101
- linux-gcp-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
- linux-gcp-edge No fix yet
- linux-gke-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1074.79
- linux-gke-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1027.28~18.04.1
- linux-gkeop-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1003.3
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-51.56~18.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.15.0-1079.81
- linux-oem Fixed in 4.15.0-1103.114
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1059.65
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
- linux-raspi-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1021.24~18.04.1
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.15.0-1074.79
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.15.0-1091.100
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 5.4.0-51.56
- linux-aws Fixed in 5.4.0-1028.29
- linux-azure Fixed in 5.4.0-1031.32
- linux-gcp Fixed in 5.4.0-1028.29
- linux-kvm Fixed in 5.4.0-1026.27
- linux-oem-5.6 Fixed in 5.6.0-1048.52
- linux-oracle Fixed in 5.4.0-1028.29
- linux-raspi Fixed in 5.4.0-1021.24
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv Fixed in 5.4.0-36.41
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1100.111~14.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2031.32Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2013.15Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-1046.53Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-gcp-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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