DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9857

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9857
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9857.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9857
Upstream
Published
2019-03-21T16:01:17Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:04:09Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Linux kernel through 5.0.2, the function inotifyupdateexistingwatch() in fs/notify/inotify/inotifyuser.c neglects to call fsnotifyputmark() with INMASKCREATE after fsnotifyfindmark(), which will cause a memory leak (aka refcount leak). Finally, this will cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.37-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.37-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.37-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.37-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}