CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-10742

6.0 MEDIUM Published 2021-06-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An index buffer overflow during Direct IO write leading to the NFS client to crash. In some cases, a reach out of the index after one memory allocation by kmalloc will cause a kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel • redhat enterprise linux 6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References