CVE-2019-18198

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.3.4, a reference count usage error in the fib6_rule_suppress() function in the fib6 suppression feature of net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c, when handling the FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF flag, can be exploited by a local attacker to corrupt memory, aka CID-ca7a03c41753.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18198

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18198.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`0`
debian	sid	fixed	`0`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18198.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18198

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