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CVE-2020-29374
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.7.3, related to mm/gup.c and mm/huge_memory.c. The get_user_pages (aka gup)…
Low3.6EPSS 0.40%
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Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.7.3, related to mm/gup.c and mm/huge_memory.c. The get_user_pages (aka gup) implementation, when used for a copy-on-write page, does not properly consider the semantics of read operations and therefore can grant unintended write access, aka CID-17839856fd58.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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 | Low3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2045 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17839856fd588f4ab6b789f482ed3ffd7c403e1f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162117/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0075-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210623 [SECURITY] [DLA 2689-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210623 [SECURITY] [DLA 2690-1] linux-4.19 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-5096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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