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CVE-2020-29368
Published: Nov 28, 2020
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.5
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https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2045
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0002/
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