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