CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-12114

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2020-05-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-05-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-362

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.4.0 < 4.4.221) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.9.0 < 4.9.221) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.14 < 4.14.178) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.19 < 4.19.119) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.0 < 5.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References