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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References
6- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.2nvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/nvd
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