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CVE-2020-29370

Affected software3 products, listed below
Severity7.0 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessCWE-362
Published28 Nov 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in kmem_cache_alloc_bulk in mm/slub.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5.11. The slowpath lacks the required TID increment, aka CID-fd4d9c7d0c71.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 5 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.61% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.0 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.0 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.4 none AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

7 products, 7 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd linux linux kernel generic < 5.5.11
nvd netapp cloud backup generic any version
nvd netapp h410c firmware generic any version
nvd netapp hci compute node firmware generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire \& hci management node generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire baseboard management controller firmware generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire\, enterprise sds \& hci storage node generic any version

References

URLTags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2022 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.11 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fd4d9c7d0c71866ec0c2825189ebd2ce35bd95b8 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0001/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2020-11-28By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.