A TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.3 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory or possibly have unspecified other impact because a size check is in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c instead of fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c, aka CID-b4487b935452.
CVE-2020-25212
Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.0
- EG Score
- 7.0(medium)
- EPSS
- 19.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 9, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (24)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html
- cve@mitrehttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.3
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b4487b93545214a9db8cbf32e86411677b0cca21
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- cve@mitrehttps://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303370421958578179
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-25212(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2021:1739Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2021:1578Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2020:4279Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-alt security update
Patch Availability(12)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.48.52~18.04.42) @ bionic | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-oem-20.04 (5.6.0.1048.44) @ focal | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.190.166) @ trusty | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge (4.15.0.120.121) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-305.el8 | 2021-05-18 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.rt7.72.el8 | 2021-05-18 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-957.70.1.el7 | 2021-03-16 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-693.82.1.el7 | 2021-03-09 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.45.1.el7 | 2021-02-16 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.11.1.rt56.1145.el7 | 2020-12-15 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7 | 2020-12-15 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.32.1.el7a | 2020-10-19 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-252122020-09-25
A TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.3 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory or possibly have unspecified other impact because a size check is in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c instead of fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c aka CID-b4487b935452.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5437MODERATE2020-09-09
RHSA-2020:5437 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5441MODERATE2020-09-09
RHSA-2020:5441 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:0526MODERATE2020-09-09
RHSA-2021:0526 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:0760MODERATE2020-09-09
RHSA-2021:0760 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:0878MODERATE2020-09-09
RHSA-2021:0878 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4525-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4527-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4578-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4752-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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