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CVE-2020-10732

kernel: uninitialized kernel data leak in userspace coredumps

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

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

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

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 · 3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource