Use After Free Affecting linux-4.19 package, versions <4.19.132-1~deb9u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LINUX419-598284
  • published10 Nov 2019
  • disclosed7 Nov 2019

Introduced: 7 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18814  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 linux-4.19 to version 4.19.132-1~deb9u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.19 package and not the linux-4.19 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9. There is a use-after-free when aa_label_parse() fails in aa_audit_rule_init() in security/apparmor/audit.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1