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CVE-2019-14898

Published: May 8, 2020

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.0

HIGH

Description

The fix for CVE-2019-11599, affecting the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 was not complete. A local user could use this flaw to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other unspecified impacts by triggering a race condition with mmget_not_zero or get_task_mm calls.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux kernel	kernel	affected `< 5.0.10`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

x_refsource_MISC

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.114

x_refsource_MISC

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.37

x_refsource_MISC

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.10

x_refsource_MISC

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1790

x_refsource_MISC

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14898

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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