CVE-2020-14385: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Overview
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2020-Sep
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- EPSS Score
- 0.12% (percentile: 30.6%)
FAQ
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 Products (1)
Other
Revision History
- 2020-09-25: Information published.