CVE-2020-12114

Published: May 4, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-362

4.7MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

Novell Inc.

commercial·US

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance ComputingOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for BasesystemOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development ToolsOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

SUSE Business Critical LinuxOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

linux

oss-projectaka the linux kernel

linux kernelOn-premOS

Operating Systems

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html

lists.debian.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html

lists.debian.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html

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