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CVE-2020-29368

high

Description

An issue was discovered in __split_huge_pmd in mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.5. The copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check, aka CID-c444eb564fb1.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0002/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c444eb564fb16645c172d550359cb3d75fe8a040

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.5

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2045

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-28

Updated: 2024-02-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High