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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-8912

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3