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SUSE: CVE-2019-8912: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-8912: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/18/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:0726-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0740-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0745-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0765-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0767-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0784-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0785-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0845-1
  • USN-3930-1
  • USN-3930-2
  • USN-3931-1
  • USN-3931-2
  • CVE-2019-8912
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