CVE-2020-29534: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.9.3. io_uring takes a non-refcounted reference to the files_struct of the process that submitted a request causing execve() to incorrectly optimize unshare_fd() aka CID-0f2122045b94.

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2020-Dec
Released
2020-12-07
EPSS Score
0.45% (percentile: 37.2%)

Affected Products (1)

Mariner

  • cm1 kernel 5.4.91-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0

Revision History

  • 2020-12-07: Information published.