Race Condition Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [4.4.0,4.4.221)[4.9.0,4.9.221)[4.14,4.14.178)[4.19,4.19.119)[5.0,5.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005268
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 May 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 May 2020

CVE-2020-12114  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.4.221, 4.9.221, 4.14.178, 4.19.119, 5.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. 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 Base Scores

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