Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-29372
CVE-2020-29372
Description
An issue was discovered in do_madvise in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8. There is a race condition between coredump operations and the IORING_OP_MADVISE implementation, aka CID-bc0c4d1e176e.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/162117/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0075-1.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.8nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- project-zero.issues.chromium.org/issues/42451131nvd
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