In the Linux kernel, a certain net/ipv4/tcp_output.c change, which was properly incorporated into 4.16.12, was incorrectly backported to the earlier longterm kernels, introducing a new vulnerability that was potentially more severe than the issue that was intended to be fixed by backporting. Specifically, by adding to a write queue between disconnection and re-connection, a local attacker can trigger multiple use-after-free conditions. This can result in a kernel crash, or potentially in privilege escalation. NOTE: this affects (for example) Linux distributions that use 4.9.x longterm kernels before 4.9.190 or 4.14.x longterm kernels before 4.14.139.
References
Information
Published : 2019-08-20 01:15
Updated : 2020-08-18 08:05
NVD link : CVE-2019-15239
Mitre link : CVE-2019-15239
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CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel