CVE-2019-14898

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362 CWE-667

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux kernel	kernel	< 5.0.10

References

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

Timeline

Published: May 8, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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