High severity · published May 8, 2020
CVE-2019-14898
The fix for CVE-2019-11599, affecting the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 was not complete
7.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.0.10 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Mrg · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14898
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14898
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1790
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14898
Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.114
Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.37
Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.10
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
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