CVE-2020-11884Race Condition in Kernel

Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In the Linux kernel 4.19 through 5.6.7 on the s390 platform, code execution may occur because of a race condition, as demonstrated by code in enable_sacf_uaccess in arch/s390/lib/uaccess.c that fails to protect against a concurrent page table upgrade, aka CID-3f777e19d171. A crash could also occur.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.154.19.119+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.6.7-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.15.0-99.100

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 20.04, Fedora 30, 31, 32

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
GHSA
GHSA-grcc-xgjx-xwf8: In the Linux kernel through 52022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities2020-04-30
OSV
CVE-2020-11884: In the Linux kernel 42020-04-29
CVEList
CVE-2020-11884: In the Linux kernel 42020-04-29
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-04-28

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-04-30
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-04-28
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerability2020-04-28
Red Hat
Kernel: s390: page table upgrade in secondary address mode may lead to privilege escalation2020-04-28
Microsoft
In the Linux kernel 4.19 through 5.6.7 on the s390 platform code execution may occur because of a race condition as demonstrated by code in enable_sacf_uaccess in arch/s390/lib/uaccess.c that fails to2020-04-14

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-11884 kernel: s390: page table upgrade in secondary address mode may lead to privilege escalation [fedora-all]2020-04-29
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-11884 Kernel: s390: page table upgrade in secondary address mode may lead to privilege escalation2020-04-27
CVE-2020-11884 — Race Condition in Linux Kernel | cvebase