CVE-2019-14898
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2020 at 01:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise MrgLinux Kernel
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.0.10
Affected range stops below 5.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1790x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14898x_refsource_MISCMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.114x_refsource_MISCMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.37x_refsource_MISCMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.10x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-667
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