CVE-2020-29534

HIGH

Linux kernel <5.9.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2089
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9.3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 37.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel 5.10 rc1
linux/linux_kernel 5.1 - 5.8.18
Published Dec 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026