CVE-2019-3837

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.32 - Use-After-Free in net_dma tcp_recvmsg()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

It was found that the net_dma code in tcp_recvmsg() in the 2.6.32 kernel as shipped in RHEL6 is thread-unsafe. So an unprivileged multi-threaded userspace application calling recvmsg() for the same network socket in parallel executed on ioatdma-enabled hardware with net_dma enabled can leak the memory, crash the host leading to a denial-of-service or cause a random memory corruption.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3837

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401 CWE-362
Status published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.32
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
Published Apr 11, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026