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CVE-2020-29374

Publication date 28 November 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.6 · Low

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.7.3, related to mm/gup.c and mm/huge_memory.c. The get_user_pages (aka gup) implementation, when used for a copy-on-write page, does not properly consider the semantics of read operations and therefore can grant unintended write access, aka CID-17839856fd58.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the memory management subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle copy-on-write operations in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain unintended write access to read-only memory pages.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-45.49
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-136.140
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-203.235
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1094.101
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1122.136
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-aws-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1094.101~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1023.23
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1108.120~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-azure-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1108.120
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1023.23~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-dell300x 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1012.16
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1093.106~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1093.106
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1079.84
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-136.140~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-45.49~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.8 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1021.21
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1085.87
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1088.97
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-oem 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.10 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.6.0-1020.20
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1065.73
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1065.73~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1016.17
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1079.84
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1146.156
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-31.35
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1096.105
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1150.160
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.6 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N