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CVE-2019-10125

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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 products

• Linux kernel: from 4.19 before 4.19.38; from 5.0 before 5.0.5; 5.1-rc1 — fixed in 4.19.38, 5.0.5
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: from 9.5
• NetApp Cn1610 Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Hci Management Node: all versions
• NetApp Snapprotect: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.38, 5.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107655
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10828359/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0003/
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K29215970
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107655
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10828359/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0003/
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K29215970

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