CVE-2020-27815HighCVSS 7.8

A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality integrity as well as system availability.

Published
October 11, 2023
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

🎯 Affected products3

  • azl3 kernel 6.6.29.1-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 kernel 6.6.92.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 kernel 5.15.135.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 5.15.135.1-2 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build - KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 6.6.29.1-4

🔗 References (2)