CVE-2020-29372
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
Product
Linux Kernel
PublishedNov 28, 2020
First seenNov 28, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-362Race condition
How to fix
Update
- linux linux_kernel5.6.8 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | v < 5.6.8 | 5.6.8 |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 | — |
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