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CVE-2020-36776: thermal/drivers/cpufreq_cooling: Fix slab OOB issue

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 34ab17cc6c2c1ac93d7e5d53bb972df9a968f085, 4.15, 4.20.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 34ab17cc6c2c1ac93d7e5d53bb972df9a968f085, 4.15, 4.20 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/cpufreq_cooling: Fix slab OOB issue Slab OOB issue is scanned by KASAN in cpu_power_to_freq(). If power is limited below the power of OPP0 in EM table, it will cause slab out-of-bound issue with negative array index. Return the lowest frequency if limited power cannot found a suitable OPP in EM table to fix this issue. Backtrace: [<ffffffd02d2a37f0>] die+0x104/0x5ac [<ffffffd02d2a5630>] bug_handler+0x64/0xd0 [<ffffffd02d288ce4>] brk_handler+0x160/0x258 [<ffffffd02d281e5c>] do_debug_exception+0x248/0x3f0 [<ffffffd02d284488>] el1_dbg+0x14/0xbc [<ffffffd02d75d1d4>] __kasan_report+0x1dc/0x1e0 [<ffffffd02d75c2e0>] kasan_report+0x10/0x20 [<ffffffd02d75def8>] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x18/0x28 [<ffffffd02e6fce5c>] cpufreq_power2state+0x180/0x43c [<ffffffd02e6ead80>] power_actor_set_power+0x114/0x1d4 [<ffffffd02e6fac24>] allocate_power+0xaec/0xde0 [<ffffffd02e6f9f80>] power_allocator_throttle+0x3ec/0x5a4 [<ffffffd02e6ea888>] handle_thermal_trip+0x160/0x294 [<ffffffd02e6edd08>] thermal_zone_device_check+0xe4/0x154 [<ffffffd02d351cb4>] process_one_work+0x5e4/0xe28 [<ffffffd02d352f44>] worker_thread+0xa4c/0xfac [<ffffffd02d360124>] kthread+0x33c/0x358 [<ffffffd02d289940>] ret_from_fork+0xc/0x18

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 27, 2024
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 14th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.8.0 and later · before 5.10.36
  • linux linux kernel5.11.0 and later · before 5.11.20
  • linux linux kernel5.12.0 and later · before 5.12.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 39e0651cac9c80865b2838f297f95ffc0f34a1d8, febe56f21371ba1e51e8586c3ddf8f54fc62fe61, d3b7bacd1115400b94482dfc7efffc175c29b831, 9006b543384ab10902819364c1205f11a1458571, 5.8affected
    • 371a3bc79c11b707d7a1b7a2c938dc3cc042fffb and later · before c24a20912eef00587416628149c438e885eb1304affected · git
    • 371a3bc79c11b707d7a1b7a2c938dc3cc042fffb and later · before 876a5f33e5d961d879c5436987c09b3d9ef70379affected · git
    • 371a3bc79c11b707d7a1b7a2c938dc3cc042fffb and later · before 6bf443acf6ca4f666d0e4225614ba9993a3aa1a9affected · git
    • 371a3bc79c11b707d7a1b7a2c938dc3cc042fffb and later · before 34ab17cc6c2c1ac93d7e5d53bb972df9a968f085affected · git
    • 4.14.189 and later · before 4.15affected · semver
    • 4.19.134 and later · before 4.20affected · semver
    • 5.4.53 and later · before 5.5affected · semver
    • 5.7.8 and later · before 5.8affected · semver
    • before 5.8not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.10.38-15.10.38-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-46936Feb 27, 2024 · net: fix use-after-free in tw_timer_handler
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-46937Feb 27, 2024 · mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2020-36777Feb 27, 2024 · media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux34ab17cc6c2c1ac93d7e5d53bb972df9a968f085Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.15Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.20Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.8Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6bf443acf6ca4f666d0e4225614ba9993a3aa1a9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux876a5f33e5d961d879c5436987c09b3d9ef70379Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc24a20912eef00587416628149c438e885eb1304Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.10.38-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2021-4754887 days apartethernet: hisilicon: hns: hns_dsaf_misc: fix a possible array overflow in hns_dsaf_ge_srst_by_port()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-2008319 days apartKernel: udmabuf: improper validation of array index leading to local privilege escalation
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2021-469841 days apartkyber: fix out of bounds access when preempted
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2021-470652 days apartrtw88: Fix array overrun in rtw_get_tx_power_params()
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-524515 days apartpowerpc/pseries/memhp: Fix access beyond end of drmem array
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-526048 days apartFS:JFS:UBSAN:array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree
    31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-129 · Improper Validation of Array Index

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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