CVE-2020-7053: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.14, up to and including 4.14.165; from 4.19, up to and including 4.19.96; from 5.0, up to and including 5.2

Published 2020-01-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.