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CVE-2019-16714

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-09-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-909

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.14, rds6_inc_info_copy in net/rds/recv.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory because tos and flags fields are not initialized.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 18.04, 19.04
• F5 Traffix SDC: from 5.0.0 through 5.1.0
• Linux kernel: before 5.2.14 — fixed in 5.2.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.2.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/24/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/25/1
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.14
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d0a06586b2686ba80c4a2da5f91cb10ffbea736
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K48351130?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4157-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4157-2/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/24/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/25/1
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.14
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d0a06586b2686ba80c4a2da5f91cb10ffbea736

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