vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2020-29368: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 28, 2020 | Mar 9, 2021 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 28, 2020
Added
Mar 9, 2021
Modified
Feb 4, 2022
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.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-buildsuse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default
References
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