CVE-2019-18814

Publication date 7 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9. There is a use-after-free when aa_label_parse() fails in aa_audit_rule_init() in security/apparmor/audit.c.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-aws-5.0 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.4 19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-aws 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-aws-hwe 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-azure-edge 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of kernel support, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored superseded by linux-hwe, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored was needs-triage ESM criteria
linux-oem 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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