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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-11599: kernel: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 29, 2019
Added
Dec 29, 2020
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The coredump implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 does not use locking or other mechanisms to prevent vma layout or vma flags changes while it runs, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a race condition with mmget_not_zero or get_task_mm calls. This is related to fs/userfaultfd.c, mm/mmap.c, fs/proc/task_mmu.c, and drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c.

Solution

linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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