CVE-2019-12819
N/A
Published: June 14, 2019 at 01:24 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:15 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0. The function __mdiobus_register() in drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c calls put_device(), which will trigger a fixed_mdio_bus_init use-after-free. This will cause a denial of service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.0
Affected range stops below 5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ff7b060535e87c2ae14dd8548512abfdda528fb
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ff7b060535e87c2ae14dd8548512abfdda528fb
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108768x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ff7b060535e87c2ae14dd8548512abfdda528fbx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ff7b060535e87c2ae14dd8548512abfdda528fbx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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