CVE-2019-19252

Priority
Description
vcs_write in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.13
does not prevent write access to vcsu devices, aka CID-0c9acb1af77a.
Ubuntu-Description
Or Cohen discovered that the virtual console subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly restrict writes to unimplemented vcsu (unicode) devices. A
local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or have other unspecified impacts.
Notes
Package
Source: linux (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.13.0-16.19)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-9.12)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.2.0-16.19)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:ignored (was needs-triage ESM criteria)
Patches:
Introduced by
d21b0be246bf3bbf569e6e239f56abb529c7154e
Fixed by
0c9acb1af77a3cb8707e43f45b72c95266903cee
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.15.0-1001.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-1005.5)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.4.0-1001.10)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:ignored (was needs-triage ESM criteria)
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.0.0-1024.27~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:needs-triage
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.0.0-1029.31~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-1006.6)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.11.0-1009.9)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:ignored (was needs-triage ESM criteria)
Patches:
Package
Upstream:needs-triage
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.3.0-1013.14~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:ignored (was needs-triage now end-of-life)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.0.0-1029.30~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-1005.5)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.10.0-1004.4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:ignored (was needs-triage now end-of-life)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.15.0-1030.32)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.0.0-1029.30~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.3.0-40.32~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:ignored (was needs-triage now end-of-life)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:ignored (was needs-triage now end-of-life)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.15.0-1002.2)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-1004.4)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.4.0-1004.9)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:ignored (was needs-triage ESM criteria)
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.15.0-1002.3)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.6.0-1007.7)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.0.0-1037.42)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.15.0-1007.9)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-1005.5)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:not-affected (4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.0.0-1010.15~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-1007.7)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.13.0-1005.5)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:ignored (was needed now end-of-life)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (5.3.0-1018.20~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:not-affected (5.4.0-24.28)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (5.5~rc1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected (4.4.0-1077.82)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
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Updated: 2022-04-13 13:53:10 UTC (commit f411bd370d482ef4385c4e751d121a4055fbc009)