CVE-2020-12114

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12114
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-12114.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-12114
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Published
2020-05-04T12:15:12.577Z
Modified
2026-03-12T23:44:38.259824Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.4.0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.4.221"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.9.0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.9.221"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.14"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.14.178"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.19"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.19.119"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "5.0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "5.3"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-12114.json"