NetSight
medium4.7

CVE-2020-12114

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, a…

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 4.4.0 before 4.4.221
from 4.9.0 before 4.9.221
from 4.14 before 4.14.178
from 4.19 before 4.19.119
from 5.0 before 5.3

Weakness classification

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