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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2020-10781
HistorySep 16, 2020 - 1:15 p.m.

Hardcoded credentials

2020-09-1613:15:00
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15

AI Score

5.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel before 5.8-rc6 in the ZRAM kernel module, where a user with a local account and the ability to read the /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add file can create ZRAM device nodes in the /dev/ directory. This read allocates kernel memory and is not accounted for a user that triggers the creation of that ZRAM device. With this vulnerability, continually reading the device may consume a large amount of system memory and cause the Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer to activate and terminate random userspace processes, possibly making the system inoperable.