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CVE-2019-20425 json

In the Lustre file system before 2.12.3, the ptlrpc module has an out-of-bounds access and panic due to the lack of validation for specific…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-10973

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Lustre file system before 2.12.3, the ptlrpc module has an out-of-bounds access and panic due to the lack of validation for specific fields of packets sent by a client. In the function lustre_msg_string, there is no validation of a certain length value derived from lustre_msg_buflen_v2.

Patch / fix

  • lustre lustre 2.12.3

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Exploit prediction

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • jira.whamcloud.com https://jira.whamcloud.com/browse/LU-12613 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 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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Weakness

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Sources

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