CVE-2020-12114

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12114
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-04 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-14 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4388-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
May 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4699-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-4391-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - [CVE-2020-12114] Linux kernel denial of service by corrupting mountpoint reference counter MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4392-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0072-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
USN-4390-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4389-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4387-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4698-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0801-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159185 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-1578)
  • 159403 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9459)
  • 239314 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1739)
  • 239339 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1578)
  • 239374 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2185)
  • 239453 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:2190)
  • 375284 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1311)
  • 377065 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0113)
  • 390248 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0035)
  • 610318 Google Android February 2021 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 940354 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:1578)
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