CVE-2019-3837

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Race Condition

Title source: rule

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401 CWE-362
Status published

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel
redhat/enterprise_linux

Timeline

Published Apr 11, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026