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CVE-2019-10638

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-326

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.1.7, a device can be tracked by an attacker using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). An attack may be conducted by hosting a crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.1.7 — fixed in 5.1.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.1.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109092
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.10478.pdf
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.8
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.7
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92

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