CVE-2019-8912

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

In the Linux kernel through 4.20.11, af_alg_release() in crypto/af_alg.c neglects to set a NULL value for a certain structure member, which leads to a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr.

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-2019-8912

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8912.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.20.12.arch1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.19.28-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.19.28-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.19.28-1
debian debiansidfixed4.19.28-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.19.28-1

References

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