CVE-2020-29374
Published: 28 November 2020
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-136.140)
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-45.49)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-16.17)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.4.0-203.235)
|
|
|
Patches:
Introduced by
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
|
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linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1094.101)
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-1022.22)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-1004.4)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(4.4.0-1086.90)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.4.0-1122.136)
|
|
|
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.3)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-aws-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.4)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-aws-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.15.0-1094.101~16.04.1)
|
|
|
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-1023.23)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-1004.4)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(4.15.0-1108.120~14.04.1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.15.0-1108.120~16.04.1)
|
|
|
linux-azure-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1108.120)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.4)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-azure-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.4.0-1023.23~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-dell300x
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1012.16)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-1022.22)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-1002.2)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.15.0-1093.106~16.04.1)
|
|
|
linux-gcp-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1093.106)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.4)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gcp-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1079.84)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gke-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gkeop
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.9)
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gkeop-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1001.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(replaced by linux-hwe-5.4)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.15.0-136.140~16.04.1)
|
|
|
linux-hwe-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.4.0-45.49~18.04.2)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-hwe-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-23.24~20.04.1)
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.4)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe)
|
|
|
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1085.87)
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-1021.21)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-1001.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.4.0-1088.97)
|
|
|
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(4.4.0-203.235~14.04.1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
|
linux-oem-5.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(5.10.0-1008.9)
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Released
(5.6.0-1020.20)
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1065.73)
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-1022.22)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-1001.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.15.0-1065.73~16.04.1)
|
|
|
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.3)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.4)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-oracle-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-raspi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-1016.17)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1016.17)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-raspi-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1079.84)
|
| focal |
Ignored
(replaced by linux-raspi)
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.4.0-1146.156)
|
|
|
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.2)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-riscv
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Released
(5.4.0-31.35)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-1.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.15.0-1096.105)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.8~rc1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.4.0-1150.160)
|
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 3.6 |
| 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 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/17839856fd588f4ab6b789f482ed3ffd7c403e1f
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2045
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17839856fd588f4ab6b789f482ed3ffd7c403e1f
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4748-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4749-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29374
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian