Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-10125

critical

CVE-2019-10125

kernel: use-after-free in aio_poll() in fs/aio.c

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 3.0linux, linux-aws, linux-esx and 1 more4.19.32-3.ph3 and 1 more
debian 11linux4.19.37-1
debian 12linux4.19.37-1
debian 13linux4.19.37-1
debian 14linux4.19.37-1
echolinux4.19.37-1
root.io debian 11rootio-linux4.19.37-1
root.io debian 12rootio-linux4.19.37-1
root.io debian 13rootio-linux4.19.37-1
Show all 12 entries from 9 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 3.0linux4.19.32-3.ph3
Photon OS 3.0linux-aws4.19.32-2.ph3
Photon OS 3.0linux-esx4.19.32-2.ph3
Photon OS 3.0linux-secure4.19.32-2.ph3
debian 11linux4.19.37-1
debian 12linux4.19.37-1
debian 13linux4.19.37-1
debian 14linux4.19.37-1
echolinux4.19.37-1
root.io debian 11rootio-linux4.19.37-1
root.io debian 12rootio-linux4.19.37-1
root.io debian 13rootio-linux4.19.37-1

References

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