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CVE-2019-11190

medium

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.8 allows local users to bypass ASLR on setuid programs (such as /bin/su) because install_exec_creds() is called too late in load_elf_binary() in fs/binfmt_elf.c, and thus the ptrace_may_access() check has a race condition when reading /proc/pid/stat.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4008-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4008-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4008-1/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/commit/?id=e1676b55d874a43646e8b2c46d87f2f3e45516ff

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/commit/?id=a5b5352558f6808db0589644ea5401b3e3148a0d

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/03/4/1

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/03/4

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-2894

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107890

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/15/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-04-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00481