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CVE-2020-10757

Publication date 4 June 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Fan Yang discovered that the mremap implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle DAX Huge Pages. A local attacker with access to DAX storage could use this to gain administrative privileges.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-45.49
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-112.113
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1079.83
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws-5.0 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1079.83~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1023.23
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1092.102~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-azure-4.15 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1092.102
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1034.35~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1023.23~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1080.90~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1080.90
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1066.69
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1045.46
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-64.58~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-112.113~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-45.49~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1021.21
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1071.72
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-oem 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1093.103
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.6.0-1018.18
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1065.70
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1050.54
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1050.54~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1016.17
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1067.71
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-31.35
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1083.91
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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    • LSN-0069-1
    • Kernel Live Patch Security Notice
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Other references