Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / Kernel | affected All versions after 4.5-rc1. |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5bfea2d9b17f1034a68147a8b03b9789af5700f9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IEM47BXZJLODRH5YNNZSAQ2NVM63MYMC/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0004/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5bfea2d9b17f1034a68147a8b03b9789af5700f9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IEM47BXZJLODRH5YNNZSAQ2NVM63MYMC/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0004/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/