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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12114 Moderate

UBUNTU-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 Not scored
Published May 4, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

49 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.0

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.3

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

81 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

155 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

110 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

68 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2-5.3

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

88 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

70 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

79 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

38 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence