CVE-2020-10757
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2020 at 12:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
11 products affected across 7 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxFedora
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
4.10 ≤ v < 4.14.1844.15 ≤ v < 4.19.1274.20 ≤ v < 5.4.454.5 ≤ v < 4.9.2275.5 ≤ v < 5.6.175.7 ≤ v < 5.7.1
Affected range stops below 4.14.184, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.19.127, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.227, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.45, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.6.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Cloud Backup· NetAppdrupal
95%All versions
All versions
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5bfea2d9b17f1034a68147a8b03b9789af5700f9
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IEM47BXZJLODRH5YNNZSAQ2NVM63MYMC/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5bfea2d9b17f1034a68147a8b03b9789af5700f9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IEM47BXZJLODRH5YNNZSAQ2NVM63MYMC/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0004/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-843
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