CVE-2019-20811

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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VIR risk

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Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6. In rx_queue_add_kobject() and netdev_queue_add_kobject() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, a reference count is mishandled, aka CID-a3e23f719f5c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.19.37-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.19.37-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.19.37-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.19.37-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.19.37-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20811.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20811

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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