VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-10742

CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references