---
title: "CVE-2019-19769\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19769?format=md
keywords: index, follow
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# CVE-2019-19769

Publication date 12 December 2019

Last updated 4 July 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.7 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19769?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19769?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux-aws-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 5.3.0-53.47 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-aws | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 5.3.0-1019.21 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-aws-5.0 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-aws-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-aws-5.3 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-aws-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-aws-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-aws-hwe | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 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 | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 5.3.0-1022.23 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-azure-4.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 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-azure-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-5.3 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.3.0-1022.23~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-azure-edge | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fde | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15] |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-bluefield | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial  FIPS | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 5.3.0-1020.22 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-4.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 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-gcp-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-5.3 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.3.0-1020.22~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-gcp-edge | 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gke | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gke-4.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 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 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.0.0-1037.38 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gke-5.3 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.3.0-1020.22~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gkeop | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support, was needs-triage |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gkeop-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support, was needs-triage |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.3.0-53.47~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-hwe-edge | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needed |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-ibm | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-ibm-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-ibm-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-intel | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-intel-iot-realtime | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  Real-time | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-intel-iotg | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-intel-iotg-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-iot | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-kvm | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 5.3.0-1017.19 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-trusty | 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 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 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 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 affected |
| linux-nvidia | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-nvidia-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-nvidia-lowlatency | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-oem | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 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-5.6 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 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-oem-6.11 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-oem-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-oem-osp1 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.0.0-1052.57 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 5.3.0-1018.20 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-5.0 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-5.3 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.3.0-1018.20~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-raspi | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 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-raspi-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-raspi-realtime | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble  Real-time | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-raspi2 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 5.3.0-1025.27 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-raspi2-5.3 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 5.3.0-1026.28~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-realtime | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  Real-time | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-riscv | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 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-riscv-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-riscv-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 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-snapdragon | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

---

* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19769?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

---

### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~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

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| linux | * Introduced by   [16306a6](https://git.kernel.org/linus/16306a61d3b7c433c7a127ec6224867b88ece687),   fixed by   [6d390e4](https://git.kernel.org/linus/6d390e4b5d48ec03bb87e63cf0a2bff5f4e116da) * Introduced by   [16306a6](https://git.kernel.org/linus/16306a61d3b7c433c7a127ec6224867b88ece687),   fixed by   [dcf23ac](https://git.kernel.org/linus/dcf23ac3e846ca0cf626c155a0e3fcbbcf4fae8a) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.7 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | High |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.7 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19769)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19769)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-19769)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19769)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4369-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4369-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 24 May 2020

+ [USN-4368-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4368-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 19 May 2020

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205705>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19769>
