CVE-2019-14898 (GCVE-0-2019-14898)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-08 13:50 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26
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Summary
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.
Severity
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/Chan… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/Chan… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/Chan… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/d… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2020060… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux kernel | kernel |
Affected:
< 5.0.10
|
guessed |
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