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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-12114: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-12114: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1578)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/04/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

References

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