VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-3896
An unprivileged local attacker can use this flaw for a privilege escalation or for a system crash and a denial of service (DoS).
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A double-free can happen in idr_remove_all() in lib/idr.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 branch. An unprivileged local attacker can use this flaw for a privilege escalation or for a system crash and a denial of service (DoS).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-415
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108814Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3896Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K04327111
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108814Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3896Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K04327111
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.