# CVE-2019-11487: The Linux kernel before 5.1-rc5 allows page-\>\_refcount reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-free issues, if about 140 GiB of R

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-04-23 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Linux kernel before 5.1-rc5 allows page->_refcount reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-free issues, if about 140 GiB of RAM exists. This is related to fs/fuse/dev.c, fs/pipe.c, fs/splice.c, include/linux/mm.h, include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c. It can occur with FUSE requests.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108054
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/29/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4069-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4069-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190517-0005/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b3a707736301c2128ca85ce85fb13f60b5e350a
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b3a707736301c2128ca85ce85fb13f60b5e350a
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/15fab63e1e57be9fdb5eec1bbc5916e9825e9acb
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=15fab63e1e57be9fdb5eec1bbc5916e9825e9acb
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fde12ca79aff9b5ba951fce1a2641901b8d8e64
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fde12ca79aff9b5ba951fce1a2641901b8d8e64
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88b1a17dfc3ed7728316478fae0f5ad508f50397
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=88b1a17dfc3ed7728316478fae0f5ad508f50397

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