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CVE-2019-19769

Published: 12 December 2019

In the Linux kernel 5.3.10, there is a use-after-free (read) in the perf_trace_lock_acquire function (related to include/trace/events/lock.h).

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Tristan Madani discovered that the file locking implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
first attempted fix was
6d390e4b5d48ec03bb87e63cf0a2bff5f4e116da but that showed
performance issues in synthetic benchmarks, more complex fix is
dcf23ac3e846ca0cf626c155a0e3fcbbcf4fae8a
may be introduced by
16306a61d3b7c433c7a127ec6224867b88ece687
no confirmation that the fixes listed actually address the
reporter's issue
the conservative fix for this issue may be to just apply
6d390e4b5d48ec03bb87e63cf0a2bff5f4e116da

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-16.19)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-53.47)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-24.28)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-16.19)
Patches:
Introduced by

16306a61d3b7c433c7a127ec6224867b88ece687

Fixed by 6d390e4b5d48ec03bb87e63cf0a2bff5f4e116da
Introduced by

16306a61d3b7c433c7a127ec6224867b88ece687

Fixed by dcf23ac3e846ca0cf626c155a0e3fcbbcf4fae8a
linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1022.23)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.11.0-1009.9)
linux-aws-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1082.92)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1001.1)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1019.21)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.8)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1022.23~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1020.22)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.8)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.10.0-1004.4)
linux-gcp-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1071.81)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1020.22~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1030.32)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1037.38)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1020.22~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-53.47~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.2)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1017.19)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1007.7)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1004.9)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.3)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1035.40)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.6.0-1007.7)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1052.57)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1018.20)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.8)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1018.20~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.8)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-1005.5)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (5.3.0-1025.27)
focal Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-1013.19)
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1026.28~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-riscv
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-24.28)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1077.82)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1013.15)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.7
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H