# CVE-2020-27784: A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel, where accessing a deallocated instance in printer\_ioctl() printer\_ioctl() tries to access of

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a kernel: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel, where accessing a deallocated instance in printer_ioctl() printer_ioctl() tries to access of a printer_dev instance. However, use-after-free arises because it had been freed by gprinter_free().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e8d5f92b8d30bb4ade76494490c3c065e12411b1

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