CVE-2019-8912

Name
CVE-2019-8912
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
Patch http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-8912

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 4.10 < 4.14.103
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 4.20 < 4.20.12
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel == None == 5.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 4.19 < 4.19.25

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status