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CVE-2020-9383
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds…
High7.1EPSS 0.76%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it, aka CID-2e90ca68b0d2.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.76% · top 44% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e90ca68b0d2f5548804f22f0dd61145516171e3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0388 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-4344-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4345-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4342-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4346-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200609 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4698 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=2f9ac30a54dc0181ddac3705cdcf4775d863c530 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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