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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.9.6-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-14351
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14351
linux
Fixed versions: 5.9.6-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.9.6-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.9.6-1
Complete source record
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