Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [4.5.1,5.6.19)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006648
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jun 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.6.19 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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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