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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:14:15.582Z

Reserved: 2020-03-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-10781

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-16T13:15:10.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:56:03.573

Link: CVE-2020-10781

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-06-17T07:37:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-10781 - Bugzilla

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