{"id":"CVE-2020-36558","title":"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.","summary":"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.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-362","CWE-476"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.5.7"],"patched":["linux_kernel 5.5.7"],"published":"2022-07-21","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T22:17:00.350","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36558","references":[{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd1ed50efd88261298577cd92a14f2768eddeeb","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd1ed50efd88261298577cd92a14f2768eddeeb","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0031,"epssPercentile":0.21824,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T23:16:47.347Z","slug":"CVE-2020-36558","body":"## Overview\n\nA race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.5.7`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 5.5.7`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":28.1,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}