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.
CVE-2020-10757
Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 40(Track)EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity78% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 61%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (26)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525
- secalert@redhathttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5bfea2d9b17f1034a68147a8b03b9789af5700f9
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IEM47BXZJLODRH5YNNZSAQ2NVM63MYMC/
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0004/
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
- secalert@redhathttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525
Patch Availability(13)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (5.4.0.45.49) @ focal | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge (4.15.0.112.114) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-oem-osp1 (5.0.0.1065.63) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04 (5.3.0.1030.20) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | lowlatency-4.4 (4.4.0-168) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7 | 2020-09-01 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1127.18.2.rt56.1116.el7 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-147.24.2.el8_1 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-957.58.2.el7 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-193.13.2.rt13.65.el8_2 | 2020-07-21 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2 | 2020-07-21 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-80.27.1.el8_0 | 2020-07-21 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 4.19.118-1 ... 4.19.98-1~bpo9+1 (20 versions) | 4.19.118-2+deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 5.6.14-2 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 5.6.14-2 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 5.6.14-2 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 5.6.14-2 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux-4.9 | 4.9.110-1~deb8u1, 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1, 4.9.168-1~deb8u1, 4.9.189-3~deb8u1, 4.9.210-1~deb8u1 | 4.9.210-1+deb9u1~deb8u1 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 4.9.107-1 ... 4.9.88-1~bpo8+1 (59 versions) | 4.9.210-1+deb9u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(14)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-107572020-09-25
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3010IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3010 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3016IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3016 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3041IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3041 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3220IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3220 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3221IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3221 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3222IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3222 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3226IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3226 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3598IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3598 — Important
- UbuntuLSN-0069-1MEDIUM
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice
- UbuntuUSN-4426-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4439-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4440-1MEDIUM
linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4483-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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