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CVE-2019-19241
published 2019-12-17

CVE-2019-19241: In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the io_uring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e448d8709. This is…

PriorityP344high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
1.09%
61.1th percentile
In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the io_uring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e448d8709. This is related to fs/io-wq.c, fs/io_uring.c, and net/socket.c. For example, an attacker can bypass intended restrictions on adding an IPv4 address to the loopback interface. This occurs because IORING_OP_SENDMSG operations, although requested in the context of an unprivileged user, are sometimes performed by a kernel worker thread without considering that context.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.3.15-1 (bookworm)linux 5.3.15-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.4.25.4.2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.15-15.3.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.15-15.3.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.15-15.3.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.15-15.3.15-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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