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CVE-2020-10742

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10742

Severity

6.0

Medium

CVSS V3

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Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An index buffer overflow during Direct IO write leading to the NFS client to crash. In some cases, a reach out of the index after one memory allocation by kmalloc will cause a kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10742

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