CVE-2019-11190

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.8 allows local users to bypass ASLR on setuid programs (such as /bin/su) because install_exec_creds() is called too late in load_elf_binary() in fs/binfmt_elf.c, and thus the ptrace_may_access() check has a race condition when reading /proc/pid/stat.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11190

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11190.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.8.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.8.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.8.5-1
debian debiansidfixed4.8.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.8.5-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.