CVE-2020-10742 Memory corruption in Kernel

What is CVE-2020-10742?

CVE-2020-10742 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10742?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2020-10742?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-10742 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10742 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10742, GHSA-9gvv-jxrj-2xcq, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10742.