CVE-2019-12819
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0. The function __mdiobus_register() in drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c calls put_device(), which will trigger a fixed_mdio_bus_init use-after-free. This will cause a denial of service.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.64%• Percentile: 49%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-416•Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 4.19.37-1 | < 4.19.37-1 | < 4.19.37-1 | < 4.19.37-1
- ubuntu•linux
< 4.4.0-148.174 | < 4.15.0-58.64
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1044.47 | < 4.4.0-1083.93 | < 4.15.0-1047.49
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1055.60 | < 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1008.10
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1040.42
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1040.42
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1 | < 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1046.52 | < 4.15.0-1042.42
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-148.174~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1050.57
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1021.23~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1021.23
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1107.115 | < 4.15.0-1043.46 | all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1111.116 | < 4.15.0-1060.66
- linux•linux_kernel
< 5.0
References (16)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ff7b060535e87c2ae14dd8548512abfdda528fb
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ff7b060535e87c2ae14dd8548512abfdda528fb
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108768
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12819
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/6ff7b060535e87c2ae14dd8548512abfdda528fb
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4094-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4118-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12819
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12819