CVE-2019-19037

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

Description

ext4_empty_dir in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because ext4_read_dirblock(inode,0,DIRENT_HTREE) can be zero.

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-2019-19037

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19037.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.4.8-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.4.8-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.4.8-1
debian debiansidfixed5.4.8-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.4.8-1

References

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