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CVE-2019-8912
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-02-18T18:29:00.380 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:42:46.720

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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