VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-20811
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.44%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 38th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a3e23f719f5c4a38ffb3d30c8d7632a4ed8ccd9ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a3e23f719f5c4a38ffb3d30c8d7632a4ed8ccd9ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.