Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: memory corruption via DAX Mapped Nvdimm
August 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, Linux, openSUSE Leap, RHEL,
SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 04/06/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a memory corruption via DAX Mapped Nvdimm
of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service, and
possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-memory-corruption-via-DAX-Mapped-Nvdimm-32440