CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-10757

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-06-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-06-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-843

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel in versions after 4.5-rc1 in the way mremap handled DAX Huge Pages. This flaw allows a local attacker with access to a DAX enabled storage to escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.227) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.184) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.127) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.45) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.6.17) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.7 < 5.7.1) • opensuse leap 15.1 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise mrg 2.0 • fedoraproject fedora 31 • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 20.04 • netapp active iq unified manager • netapp cloud backup • netapp steelstore cloud integrated storage

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type weakness

References