VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-19037

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

ext4_empty_dir in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because ext4_read_dirblock(inode,0,DIRENT_HTREE) can be zero.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references