CVE-2020-10732
kernel: uninitialized kernel data leak in userspace coredumps
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 1, 2020
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of Userspace core dumps. This flaw allows an attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Possible mitigation would be to disable core dumps system-wide by setting:
- hard core 0
In the /etc/security/limits.conf file and restarting applications/services/processes which users may have access to or simply reboot the system. This disables core dumps which may not be a suitable workaround in your environment.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource