CVE-2019-19037 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-19037?

CVE-2019-19037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

ext4_empty_dir in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because ext4_read_dirblock(inode,0,DIRENT_HTREE) can be zero.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19037?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19037?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-19037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19037, GHSA-98hp-cmc8-vgp6, MGASA-2020-0036, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19037.