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CVE-2020-29372

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Published: Nov 28, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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4.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in do_madvise in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8. There is a race condition between coredump operations and the IORING_OP_MADVISE implementation, aka CID-bc0c4d1e176e.

Affected (5)

Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Canonical
1 product
Ubuntu Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux Kernel
Before 5.6.8
Configuration B
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux
Version 14.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 16.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 18.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 20.04

Related CWEs

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (9)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

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