CVE-2020-10773
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
A stack information leak flaw was found in s390/s390x in the Linux kernel’s memory manager functionality, where it incorrectly writes to the /proc/sys/vm/cmm_timeout file. This flaw allows a local user to see the kernel data.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.37%• Percentile: 30%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-626•Null Byte Interaction Error (Poison Null Byte)
The product does not properly handle null bytes or NUL characters when passing data between different representations or components.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.3.9-1 | < 5.3.9-1 | < 5.3.9-1 | < 5.3.9-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-170.199 | < 4.15.0-72.81
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1059.63 | < 4.4.0-1099.110 | < 4.15.0-1056.58
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1056.58~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1064.69~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1064.69 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
< 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1026.31 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1050.53 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1049.52
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.0
< 5.0.0-1027.28~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-72.81~16.04.1 | < 5.3.0-26.28~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | < 5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1063.70 | < 4.15.0-1051.51
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-170.199~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1065.75
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1033.38
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1030.33~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1030.33
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1126.135 | < 4.15.0-1052.56 | all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1130.138 | < 4.15.0-1069.76
- linux•linux_kernel
5.4.0:rc6
- [unknown]•kernel
kernel-5.4-rc6
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10773
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8e51a6a9db94bc1fb18ae831b3dab106b5a4b5f
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10773
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1846380
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10773
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10773