CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-20811
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-06-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6. In rx_queue_add_kobject() and netdev_queue_add_kobject() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, a reference count is mishandled, aka CID-a3e23f719f5c.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 5.0.6)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a3e23f719f5c4a38ffb3d30c8d7632a4ed8ccd9e Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698 Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a3e23f719f5c4a38ffb3d30c8d7632a4ed8ccd9e Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698 Third Party Advisory