CVE-2020-12114
Moderate
CVE-2020-12114
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
May 4, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-12114
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/04/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4387-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4388-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4389-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4390-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4391-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4392-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html