In the Linux kernel, a certain net/ipv4/tcp_output.c change, which was properly incorporated into 4.16.12, was incorrectly backported to the earlier longterm kernels, introducing a new vulnerability that was potentially more severe than the issue that was intended to be fixed by backporting. Specifically, by adding to a write queue between disconnection and re-connection, a local attacker can trigger multiple use-after-free conditions. This can result in a kernel crash, or potentially in privilege escalation. NOTE: this affects (for example) Linux distributions that use 4.9.x longterm kernels before 4.9.190 or 4.14.x longterm kernels before 4.14.139.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2019-08-20T07:25:56
Updated: 2024-08-05T00:42:04.024Z
Reserved: 2019-08-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-15239
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-08-20T08:15:11.717
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:28:16.163
Link: CVE-2019-15239
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