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CVE-2020-12114
published 2020-05-04

CVE-2020-12114: A pivot_root race condition in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel 4.4.x before 4.4.221, 4.9.x before 4.9.221, 4.14.x before 4.14.178, 4.19.x before 4.19.119…

PriorityP416medium4.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.42%
35.1th percentile
A pivot_root race condition in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel 4.4.x before 4.4.221, 4.9.x before 4.9.221, 4.14.x before 4.14.178, 4.19.x before 4.19.119, and 5.x before 5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by corrupting a mountpoint reference counter.

Affected

20 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.3.7-1 (bookworm)linux 5.3.7-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.7-15.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.7-15.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.7-15.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.7-15.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-184.2144.4.0-184.214
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-106.1074.15.0-106.107
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-37.415.4.0-37.41
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-180.2313.13.0-180.231
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-193.2244.4.0-193.224
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-184.2144.4.0-184.214
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-121.1234.15.0-121.123
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-106.1074.15.0-106.107
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-51.565.4.0-51.56
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.14 < 4.14.1784.14.178
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.19 < 4.19.1194.19.119
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.4.0 < 4.4.2214.4.221
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.9.0 < 4.9.2214.9.221
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.0 < 5.35.3
paloaltopan-os

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.01.9LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.7MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.7MEDIUM
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