Security Advisory

CVE-2020-10742

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MEDIUM

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date June 2, 2021
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory