Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <4.12.14-150.52.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELMACROS-2715674
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Jun 2020

Introduced: 18 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-macros to version 4.12.14-150.52.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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