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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2019-14898 json

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

published 2020-05-08 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-6004

cvss
7.0
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kernel-rt RHEL 7 EXTRAS_RT 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
  • kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 7 EXTRAS_RT 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
  • kernel-rt-trace RHEL 7 EXTRAS_RT 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 7 EXTRAS_RT 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
  • kernel-rt-trace-kvm RHEL 7 EXTRAS_RT 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 RHEL 7 EXTRAS_RT 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
  • kernel RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7
  • perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0375RHSA-2020:0374RHSA-2020:0328RHSA-2020:0339

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14898 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: incomplete fix for race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping in CVE-2019-11599

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, kernel 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, bpftool 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, kernel-core 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, kernel-tools 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, python3-perf 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0339
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0374
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0375
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-147.5.1.rt24.98.el8_1, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0328
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0375
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0374
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, kernel-alt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1790 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Linux kernel kernel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
  • CWE-667 Improper Locking
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References

Sources

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