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Debian: CVE-2019-20811: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-20811: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/03/2020
Created
06/11/2020
Added
06/11/2020
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6. In rx_queue_add_kobject() and netdev_queue_add_kobject() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, a reference count is mishandled, aka CID-a3e23f719f5c.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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