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HistoryJan 05, 2022 - 5:31 p.m.

linux-oem-5.14 vulnerability

2022-01-0517:31:03
Google
osv.dev
14
linux
kernel
hugetlb
vulnerability
data leak
data alteration
local attacker
software

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

9.7%

Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel
did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker
could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge
pages.