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CVE-2020-10720

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of GRO in versions before 5.2. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to crash the system.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.2 — fixed in 5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1781204
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4270d6795b0580287453ea55974d948393e66ef
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1781204
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4270d6795b0580287453ea55974d948393e66ef

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