CVE-2020-28097: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.8.10 (fixed in 5.8.10)
• Netapp Cloud Backup: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h300e Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h300s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h410c Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h410s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h500e Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h500s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h700e Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h700s Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2021-06-24. Last modified 2026-10-08.