CVE-2019-8912
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-02-18 18:00
Modified
2024-08-04 21:31
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/Third Party Advisory
nvd@nist.govhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-8912Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/Third Party Advisory
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