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CVE-2019-11487 Detail

Description

The Linux kernel before 5.1-rc5 allows page->_refcount reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-free issues, if about 140 GiB of RAM exists. This is related to fs/fuse/dev.c, fs/pipe.c, fs/splice.c, include/linux/mm.h, include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c. It can occur with FUSE requests.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/29/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108054 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1752 Exploit  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=15fab63e1e57be9fdb5eec1bbc5916e9825e9acb Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b3a707736301c2128ca85ce85fb13f60b5e350a Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=88b1a17dfc3ed7728316478fae0f5ad508f50397 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fde12ca79aff9b5ba951fce1a2641901b8d8e64 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f958d7b528b1b40c44cfda5eabe2d82760d868c3 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/15fab63e1e57be9fdb5eec1bbc5916e9825e9acb Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b3a707736301c2128ca85ce85fb13f60b5e350a Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88b1a17dfc3ed7728316478fae0f5ad508f50397 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fde12ca79aff9b5ba951fce1a2641901b8d8e64 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f958d7b528b1b40c44cfda5eabe2d82760d868c3 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lwn.net/Articles/786044/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190517-0005/ Third Party Advisory 
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14255532 Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4069-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4069-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-11487
NVD Published Date:
04/23/2019
NVD Last Modified:
02/24/2023
Source:
MITRE