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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36776

MediumCVSS 5.5 / 10
Published Feb 27, 2024·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/cpufreq_cooling: Fix slab OOB issue Slab OOB issue is scanned by KASAN in cpu_power_to_freq(). If power is limited below the power of OPP0 in EM table, it will cause slab out-of-bound issue with negative array index. Return the lowest frequency if limited power cannot found a suitable OPP in EM table to fix this issue. Backtrace: [<ffffffd02d2a37f0>] die+0x104/0x5ac [<ffffffd02d2a5630>] bug_handler+0x64/0xd0 [<ffffffd02d288ce4>] brk_handler+0x160/0x258 [<ffffffd02d281e5c>] do_debug_exception+0x248/0x3f0 [<ffffffd02d284488>] el1_dbg+0x14/0xbc [<ffffffd02d75d1d4>] __kasan_report+0x1dc/0x1e0 [<ffffffd02d75c2e0>] kasan_report+0x10/0x20 [<ffffffd02d75def8>] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x18/0x28 [<ffffffd02e6fce5c>] cpufreq_power2state+0x180/0x43c [<ffffffd02e6ead80>] power_actor_set_power+0x114/0x1d4 [<ffffffd02e6fac24>] allocate_power+0xaec/0xde0 [<ffffffd02e6f9f80>] power_allocator_throttle+0x3ec/0x5a4 [<ffffffd02e6ea888>] handle_thermal_trip+0x160/0x294 [<ffffffd02e6edd08>] thermal_zone_device_check+0xe4/0x154 [<ffffffd02d351cb4>] process_one_work+0x5e4/0xe28 [<ffffffd02d352f44>] worker_thread+0xa4c/0xfac [<ffffffd02d360124>] kthread+0x33c/0x358 [<ffffffd02d289940>] ret_from_fork+0xc/0x18

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.5

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
5.1

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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