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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-19241

CVE-2019-19241

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the io_uring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e448d8709. This is related to fs/io-wq.c, fs/io_uring.c, and net/socket.c. For example, an attacker can bypass intended restrictions on adding an IPv4 address to the loopback interface. This occurs because IORING_OP_SENDMSG operations, although requested in the context of an unprivileged user, are sometimes performed by a kernel worker thread without considering that context.

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  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.4.2
    • (no CPE)range: <5.4.2
  • Linux/Linux kerneldescription

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