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CVE-2019-15920 json

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-6824

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. SMB2_read in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c has a use-after-free. NOTE: this was not fixed correctly in 5.0.10; see the 5.0.11 ChangeLog, which documents a memory leak.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.0.10
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.2.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15920

  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1
  • linux-oem-osp1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1015.16

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15920

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  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-147.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3517

  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.6.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.6.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.6.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.6.1
  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.11.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.11.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.11.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2756-1SUSE-SU-2019:2738-1SUSE-SU-2019:2658-1SUSE-SU-2019:2651-1SUSE-SU-2019:2648-1SUSE-SU-2019:2424-1

  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.16.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.16.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.16.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.16.1
  • kernel-vanilla openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.16.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.16.1
  • kernel-obs-build openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.16.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.73.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:2181-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2173-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-15920 updated cvss 3.3

kernel: use-after-free information leak in SMB2_read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +6 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-147.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-147.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-147.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-147.el8, kernel 4.18.0-147.el8, bpftool 4.18.0-147.el8, kernel-core 4.18.0-147.el8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-147.el8, python3-perf 4.18.0-147.el8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3517
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/088aaf17aa79300cab14dbee2569c58cfafd7d6e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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Sources

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