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CVE-2020-12114

CVSS v3.1 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
CVSS v2.0 1.9 (Low)
19% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 27
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2020-05-04 12:15:12
(4 years ago)
Updated Date
2021-06-14 18:15:21
(3 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel from 4.4.0 version and prior 4.4.221 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.221
  Linux Kernel from 4.9.0 version and prior 4.9.221 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.9.0 < 4.9.221
  Linux Kernel from 4.14 version and prior 4.14.178 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.14 < 4.14.178
  Linux Kernel from 4.19 version and prior 4.19.119 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.19 < 4.19.119
  Linux Kernel from 5.0 version and prior 5.3 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 5.0 < 5.3