An issue was discovered in do_madvise in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8. There is a race condition between coredump operations and the IORING_OP_MADVISE implementation, aka CID-bc0c4d1e176e.
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CVE-2020-29372 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - linuxlinux-4.19.236
The Linux Kernel
Library home page: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/?wsslib=linux
Found in HEAD commit: bb043298c885ef0a0fbb57f40b74a3b5d8848f4c
Found in base branch: master
Vulnerable Source Files (2)
/mm/madvise.c /mm/madvise.c
Vulnerability Details
An issue was discovered in do_madvise in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8. There is a race condition between coredump operations and the IORING_OP_MADVISE implementation, aka CID-bc0c4d1e176e.
Publish Date: 2020-11-28
URL: CVE-2020-29372
CVSS 3 Score Details (4.7)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Local - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: Low - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-29372
Release Date: 2020-11-28
Fix Resolution: v5.7-rc3,v5.6.8
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