| Name | CVE-2019-8912 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | stretch | 4.9.228-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.290-1 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.208-1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.194-3 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.84-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.46-5 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 5.15.5-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 5.15.15-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.19.28-1 |
[stretch] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)