Slab-out-of-bounds Read Access Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 5.0.0-rc7

Slab-out-of-bounds Read Access Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 5.0.0-rc7

CVE-2019-19927 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

In the Linux kernel 5.0.0-rc7 (as distributed in ubuntu/linux.git on kernel.ubuntu.com), mounting a crafted f2fs filesystem image and performing some operations can lead to slab-out-of-bounds read access in ttm_put_pages in drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c. This is related to the vmwgfx or ttm module.

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