CVE-2020-10757

Summary

CVECVE-2020-10757
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-09 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-19 17:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-843

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.5 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4426-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
USN-4483-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2020-10757 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
USN-4440-1: linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4699-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.6.16-200.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE-2020-10757 Linux kernel: mremap hugepage mmaped DAX nvdimm may cause corrupted page table MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1842525 – (CVE-2020-10757) CVE-2020-10757 kernel: kernel: DAX hugepages not considered during mremap REDHAT bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-4439-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.6.16-200.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4698-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0801-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 352300 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAC2012-2020-020
  • 353139 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-012
  • 377038 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0198)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 900078 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903196 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3514)
  • 906231 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3514-1)
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