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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2019-12819 json

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.

published 2019-06-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-4400

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0. The function __mdiobus_register() in drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c calls put_device(), which will trigger a fixed_mdio_bus_init use-after-free. This will cause a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.0
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.19.37-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12819

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-148.174
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-58.64
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1044.47
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1083.93
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1047.49
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1040.42
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12819

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  • kernel-rt RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
  • kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
  • kernel-rt-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
  • kernel-rt-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
  • kernel-rt-debug-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra RHEL 8 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1567RHSA-2020:1769

  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.3.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.3.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.3.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.3.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.8.1
  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.8.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.8.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2450-1SUSE-SU-2019:2430-1SUSE-SU-2019:2069-1SUSE-SU-2019:1855-1SUSE-SU-2019:1852-1SUSE-SU-2019:1851-1

  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.64.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.64.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.64.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.64.1
  • kernel-vanilla openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.64.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.64.1
  • kernel-obs-build openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.64.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.7.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1579-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1571-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-12819 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: use-after-free in function __mdiobus_register() in drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, kernel-alt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-193.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-193.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-193.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-193.el8, kernel 4.18.0-193.el8, bpftool 4.18.0-193.el8, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.el8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.el8, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.el8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1769
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1567
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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