CVE-2020-29370

moderate-risk
Published 2020-11-28

An issue was discovered in kmem_cache_alloc_bulk in mm/slub.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5.11. The slowpath lacks the required TID increment, aka CID-fd4d9c7d0c71.

Do I need to act?

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0.36% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

Linux Netapp

References (8)

Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2022
Release Notes https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.11
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fd...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0001/
Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2022
Release Notes https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.11
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fd...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0001/
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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate