CVE-2020-25639
CVE-2020-25639: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
Compare the source-linked records below. Ratings and product/version details belong to each advisory; they are not a single CVE-wide score or proof that every listed product is affected. How VulniPulse collects and checks evidence.
Vendor advisory comparison
Red Hat
1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium4.4
Medium [CVE-2020-25639] NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU Nouveau driver functionality in versions prior to 5.12-rc1 in the way the user calls ioctl DRM_IOCTL_NOUVEAU_CHANNEL_ALLOC
CVE-2020-25639Source published Source updated
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU Nouveau driver functionality in versions prior to 5.12-rc1 in the way the user calls ioctl DRM_IOCTL_NOUVEAU_CHANNEL_ALLOC. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 4.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-476. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat package: kernel-rt
- Source-reported affected versions
- < 5.12-rc1
- 5.12
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- To mitigate this issue, prevent the module nouveau from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.
Android app · Google Play
Monitor future Red Hat CVEs from your phone.
Choose a whole vendor or a precise platform, then receive matching security advisories by phone notification, email, or both. Coverage follows 34 official vendor sources and 160+ reviewed platform categories.