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CVE-2020-10742

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: Jun 2, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-10742
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
redhat / enterprise_linux 6.0 6.0.x