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CVE-2020-24394

kernel: umask not applied on filesystem without ACL support

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 5, 2020

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in NFSv4.2 in the Linux kernel, where a server fails to correctly apply umask when creating a new object on filesystem without ACL support (for example, ext4 with the "noacl" mount option). This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a kernel information leak problem.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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