Security Advisory

CVE-2019-8912

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel through 4.20.11, af_alg_release() in crypto/af_alg.c neglects to set a NULL value for a certain structure member, which leads to a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr.
Published Date February 18, 2019
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory