CVE-2019-8912

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…

published February 18, 2019

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00645 · 50.3th percentile
Published
2019-02-18T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 FEB 18:00Z
    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…
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