CVE-2019-14898 (GCVE-0-2019-14898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-08 13:50 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26
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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.
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CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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