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CVE-2019-16413 json

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.4.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-7155

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.4. The 9p filesystem did not protect i_size_write() properly, which causes an i_size_read() infinite loop and denial of service on SMP systems.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.0.4
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.19.37-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16413

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-148.174
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-60.67
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1044.47
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1083.93
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1047.49
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1041.43
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1042.45
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-60.67~16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16413

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 4.4.121-92.125.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 4.4.121-92.125.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.125.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_33 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 7 1-3.5.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +4 more 4.4.180-94.107.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +4 more 4.4.180-94.107.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +5 more 4.4.180-94.107.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_29 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 +3 more 1-4.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2984-1SUSE-SU-2019:2949-1SUSE-SU-2019:14218-1SUSE-SU-2019:2950-1

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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-2019-16413 updated cvss 6.2

kernel: i_size_read() infinite loop leads to denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 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

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • patchwork.kernel.org https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10753365/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
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References

Sources

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