# CVE-2020-29368: An issue was discovered in \_\_split\_huge\_pmd in mm/huge\_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.5.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-11-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in __split_huge_pmd in mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.5. The copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check, aka CID-c444eb564fb1.

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## References

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.5
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c444eb564fb16645c172d550359cb3d75fe8a040
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2045
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0002/

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