CVE-2019-10125 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2019-10125?

CVE-2019-10125 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in aio_poll() in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 5.0.4. A file may be released by aio_poll_wake() if an expected event is triggered immediately (e.g., by the close of a pair of pipes) after the return of vfs_poll(), and this will cause a use-after-free.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10125?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cn1610 Firmware, Netapp Hci Management Node, Netapp Snapprotect, Netapp Solidfire.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10125?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-10125 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10125, GHSA-xg7j-75jq-gm7f.