Vulnerability CVE-2019-14898
Published: 2020-05-08

Description:
The fix for CVE-2019-11599, affecting the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 was not complete. A local user could use this flaw to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other unspecified impacts by triggering a race condition with mmget_not_zero or get_task_mm calls.

Type:

CWE-667

 (Improper Locking)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise mrg 
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1790
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14898
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.114
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.37
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.10
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