CVE-2019-8912

HIGH

7.8

Description

In the Linux kernel through 4.20.11, af_alg_release() in crypto/af_alg.c neglects to set a NULL value for a certain structure member, which leads to a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published2/18/2019

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxlinux:linux_kernelopensuse:leapredhat:enterprise_linux

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-8912(nvd@nist.gov)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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