CVE-2020-36558: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.5.7 (fixed in 5.5.7)

Published 2022-07-21. Last modified 2026-10-08.