Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2019-8912

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.

  • Published: Feb 18, 2019
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2019-8912
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 4.20 4.20.12
linux / linux_kernel 4.19 4.19.25
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc7 5.0-rc7.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc1 5.0-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 4.10 4.14.103
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc2 5.0-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc3 5.0-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc4 5.0-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc5 5.0-rc5.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc6 5.0-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.0-rc8 5.0-rc8.x
redhat / enterprise_linux 7.0 7.0.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.04 18.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.10 18.10.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
opensuse / leap 15.0 15.0.x