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CVE-2020-10757
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…
High7.8EPSS 0.99%
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.99% · top 37% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer.
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
- CWE-843 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-843 and its CVEs
Affected products
Kernel
- affected All versions after 4.5-rc1.
References (13)
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5bfea2d9b17f1034a68147a8b03b9789af5700f9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- Red Hat (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4698 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-4699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-203ffedeb5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4439-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4426-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4440-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4483-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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