MGASA-2020-0036

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
CVE-2019-19037
Published: 13 Jan 2020, 16:51
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 04:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Jan 2020, 16:51
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 04:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability This update is based on upstream 5.4.10 and fixes at least the following security issues: ext4_empty_dir in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because ext4_read_dirblock(inode,0,DIRENT_HTREE) can be zero. (CVE-2019-19037) It also fixes various potential security issues related to buffer overflows, double frees, NUll pointer dereferences, improper / missing input validations and so on. Other fixes added in this update: - Revert 'drm/amdgpu: Set no-retry as default.', fixing amdgpu hang on Raven Ridge gpus (mga#25882) - drm/i915/gt: Detect if we miss WaIdleLiteRestore, fixes or at least works around gpu hang (mga#25930) - 3rdparty/rtl8812au: update to v5.6.4.2 (mga#25982) - add support for RTL8117 ethernet - rtl8xxxu: Add support for Edimax EW-7611ULB - mountpoint_last(): fix the treatment of LAST_BIND - HID: intel-ish-hid: ipc: Add Comet Lake H PCI device ID - HID: intel-ish-hid: ipc: Add Tiger Lake PCI device ID - HID: wacom: Recognize new MobileStudio Pro PID - updates to the arm64 defconfigs: - Enable some EFI stuff on arm64 (mga#26003) - Enable a lot of missing things on arm64 kernels (including ACPI and Amazon network driver) - Disable debug info on arm64 (mga#26015) - reduce difference between arm64 and x86_64 defconfigs WireGuard kernel module has been updated to 0.0.20200105 and the tools has been updated to 1.0.20200102. For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

Affected Systems

  • mageia•kernel

    < 5.4.10-1.mga7

  • mageia•kmod-virtualbox

    < 6.0.14-18.mga7

  • mageia•kmod-xtables-addons

    < 3.7-8.mga7

  • mageia•wireguard-tools

    < 1.0.20200102-1.mga7

References (11)