CVE-2020-10751
The hook would incorrectly only validate the first netlink message in the skb and allow or deny the rest of the messages within the skb with the granted permission without further processing.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernels SELinux LSM hook implementation before version 5.7, where it incorrectly assumed that an skb would only contain a single netlink message. The hook would incorrectly only validate the first netlink message in the skb and allow or deny the rest of the messages within the skb with the granted permission without further processing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-349, CWE-345
- Affected
- kernel/selinux · redhat/enterprise linux server
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10751Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb73974172ffaaf57a7c42f35424d9aece1a5af6Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/CACT4Y+b8HiV6KFuAPysZD=5hmyO4QisgxCKi4DHU3CfMPSP=yg%40mail.gmail.com/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4389-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4390-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4391-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/30/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10751Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb73974172ffaaf57a7c42f35424d9aece1a5af6Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/CACT4Y+b8HiV6KFuAPysZD=5hmyO4QisgxCKi4DHU3CfMPSP=yg%40mail.gmail.com/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4389-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4390-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4391-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.