CVE-2020-27777
A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors
02 Description
A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors
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
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
- 2020-12-15 16:57Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 16:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 37e066014a003b8660905506cbd17dfa68cec355c69ea2de425dc33bd74ced38
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900844
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/09/1
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/23/2
- git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?h=next&id=bd59380c5ba4147dcbaad3e582b55ccfd120b764
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- kernel-tools-libs-devel Fixed in 4.18.0-348.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 4.18.0-348.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 5.9.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 5.9.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 5.9.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-201.233
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-129.132~16.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
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 4.15.0-129.132
- linux-dell300x Fixed in 4.15.0-1010.14
- linux-gke-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1033.35~18.04.1
- linux-gkeop-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1008.9~18.04.1
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-59.65~18.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
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 5.4.0-59.65
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.8 Fixed in 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1
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
- linux-riscv 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 No fix yet
- linux-lts-xenial Fixed in 4.4.0-201.233~14.04.1Available 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 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 Fixed in 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1Available 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 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.4.0-1055.61Available 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 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2034.35Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2016.18Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-1049.56Available 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 16.04 LTS
- linux-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 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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