CVE-2019-19768

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

Description

In the Linux kernel 5.4.0-rc2, there is a use-after-free (read) in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (which is used to fill out a blk_io_trace structure and place it in a per-cpu sub-buffer).

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-2019-19768

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19768.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.5.13-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.5.13-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.5.13-1
debian debiansidfixed5.5.13-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.5.13-1

References

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