An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-02T20:14:01.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:03:26.944Z

Reserved: 2020-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-11494

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:35:12.451Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-02T21:15:13.613

Modified: 2026-10-08T21:17:20.893

Link: CVE-2020-11494

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-11494 - Bugzilla