CVE-2020-25643

A flaw was found in the HDLC_PPP module of the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Memory corruption and a read overflow is caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr function which can cause the system to crash or cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Date published : 2020-10-06

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0002/

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774