CVE-2019-3837 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-3837

It was found that the net_dma code in tcp_recvmsg() in...

Vulnerability Description

It was found that the net_dma code in tcp_recvmsg() in the 2.6.32 kernel as shipped in RHEL6 is thread-unsafe. So an unprivileged multi-threaded userspace application calling recvmsg() for the same network socket in parallel executed on ioatdma-enabled hardware with net_dma enabled can leak the memory, crash the host leading to a denial-of-service or cause a random memory corruption.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

The Linux Foundation

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Affected Software

kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.32 as shipped in rhel-6

Timeline

Official Publish: April 11th, 2019
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Persistence
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access