Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's DAX Huge Pages Handling

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's DAX Huge Pages Handling

CVE-2020-10757 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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