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CVE-2019-11190

CVSS v3.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 15
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The Linux kernel before 4.8 allows local users to bypass ASLR on setuid programs (such as /bin/su) because install_exec_creds() is called too late in load_elf_binary() in fs/binfmt_elf.c, and thus the ptrace_may_access() check has a race condition when reading /proc/pid/stat.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2019-04-12 00:29:00
(5 years ago)
Updated Date
2019-06-07 07:29:00
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 4.8 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 4.8