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CVE-2019-11599

Publication date 29 April 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

The coredump implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 does not use locking or other mechanisms to prevent vma layout or vma flags changes while it runs, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a race condition with mmget_not_zero or get_task_mm calls. This is related to fs/userfaultfd.c, mm/mmap.c, fs/proc/task_mmu.c, and drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Jann Horn discovered that a race condition existed in the Linux kernel when performing core dumps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose sensitive information.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-21.22
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-60.67
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-159.187
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1011.12
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1047.49
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1090.101
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws-5.0 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1012.12
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1056.61
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-azure-5.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1056.61
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-euclid 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-flo 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1011.11
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1042.45
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1041.43
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1042.45
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1041.43
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-60.67~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-60.67~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1011.12
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1043.43
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1054.61
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-vivid 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-wily 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-maguro 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 19.10 eoan
Fixed 4.15.0-1059.68
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1056.65
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.4 19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 19.10 eoan
Fixed 5.0.0-1018.20
19.04 disco Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1015.16
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1004.8
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1022.25
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1022.25~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1013.13
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1044.47
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1118.127
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1017.18
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1062.69
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1122.128
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

While the upstream commit has a Fixes tag that suggests the flaw was introduced in v4.3, the commit message makes it clear that the issue exists since before the kernel was stored in git.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.0 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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