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CVE-2019-3901
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Date: April 22, 2019
A race condition in perf_event_open() allows local attackers to leak sensitive data from setuid programs. As no relevant locks (in particular the cred_guard_mutex) are held during the ptrace_may_access() call, it is possible for the specified target task to perform an execve() syscall with setuid execution before perf_event_alloc() actually attaches to it, allowing an attacker to bypass the ptrace_may_access() check and the perf_event_exit_task(current) call that is performed in install_exec_creds() during privileged execve() calls. This issue affects kernel versions before 4.8.
Language: C
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CVSS v3.1
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| Attack Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | HIGH |
| Privileges Required (PR): | LOW |
| User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | HIGH |
| Integrity (I): | NONE |
| Availability (A): | NONE |
CVSS v2
| Base Score: |
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| Access Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Access Complexity (AC): | MEDIUM |
| Authentication (AU): | NONE |
| Confidentiality (C): | PARTIAL |
| Integrity (I): | NONE |
| Availability (A): | NONE |
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