# CVE-2019-15879: In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356908, 12.1-RELEASE before p5, 11.3-STABLE before r356908, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, a race condition in t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-13 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a FreeBSD: version range not reported

## Description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356908, 12.1-RELEASE before p5, 11.3-STABLE before r356908, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, a race condition in the cryptodev module permitted a data structure in the kernel to be used after it was freed, allowing an unprivileged process can overwrite arbitrary kernel memory.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev.asc
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0005/

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