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CVE-2020-29368

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-11-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2020-29368
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.36%
Linux

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in __split_huge_pmd in mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.5. The copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check, aka CID-c444eb564fb1.

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