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Debian: CVE-2019-19767: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-19767: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/12/2019
Created
01/21/2020
Added
01/20/2020
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

The Linux kernel before 5.4.2 mishandles ext4_expand_extra_isize, as demonstrated by use-after-free errors in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry, related to fs/ext4/inode.c and fs/ext4/super.c, aka CID-4ea99936a163.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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