CVE-2020-25639 (GCVE-0-2020-25639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-04 21:56
Modified
2026-10-08 21:03
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU Nouveau driver functionality in versions prior to 5.12-rc1 in the way the user calls ioctl DRM_IOCTL_NOUVEAU_CHANNEL_ALLOC. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a kernel Version: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.12-rc1
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