CVE-2019-3896
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.42% (36th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A double-free can happen in idr_remove_all() in lib/idr.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 branch. An unprivileged local attacker can use this flaw for a privilege escalation or for a system crash and a denial of service (DoS).
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.07highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (13)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 6.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (30)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.kernel.org/cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1487cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1488cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1489cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1490cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3896cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-3896cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694812cnnvd
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