CVE-2019-11487

CVE Details

Release Date:

2019-04-23

Description

The Linux kernel before 5.1-rc5 allows page->_refcount reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-free issues, if about 140 GiB of RAM exists. This is related to fs/fuse/dev.c, fs/pipe.c, fs/splice.c, include/linux/mm.h, include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c. It can occur with FUSE requests.

See more information about CVE-2019-11487 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2020-4182	2020-10-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5866	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2020-0834	2020-03-18
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5845	2020-09-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5866	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)	ELSA-2019-2703	2019-09-12
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2020-0044	2020-10-09

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