Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.14.35-1902.306.2.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-2576785
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 May 2020

Introduced: 4 May 2020

CVE-2020-12114  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.14.35-1902.306.2.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5845.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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