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CVE-2019-16413

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.4. The 9p filesystem did not protect i_size_write() properly, which causes an i_size_read() infinite loop and denial of service on SMP systems.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.0.4 — fixed in 5.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.4
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5e3cc1ee1405a7eb3487ed24f786dec01b4cbe1f
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10753365/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43239141?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.4
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5e3cc1ee1405a7eb3487ed24f786dec01b4cbe1f
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10753365/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43239141?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

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