CVE-2020-10757

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10757

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10757.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.6.14-2
debian debianbullseyefixed5.6.14-2
debian debianforkyfixed5.6.14-2
debian debiansidfixed5.6.14-2
debian debiantrixiefixed5.6.14-2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.