CVE-2020-29372
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.7 Medium
- Published
- Nov 28, 2020
- Updated
- May 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 28, 2020
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.7 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.8
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bc0c4d1e176eeb614dc8734fc3ace34292771f11
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2029
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162117/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0075-1.html
- https://project-zero.issues.chromium.org/issues/42451131exploit
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