# CVE-2019-14898: The fix for CVE-2019-11599, affecting the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 was not complete.

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.10
- Published: 2020-05-08 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Linux kernel kernel: fixed in 5.0.10

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.114
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.37
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.10
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1790
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14898

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