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CVE-2019-20934

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-20934 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 5.2.6, specifically affecting NUMA systems due to an error in the fair scheduler's handling of NUMA fault statistics. This issue carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, low privileges required, and potential for high impact on availability and low impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.19, < 4.19.64CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.2, <= 5.2.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.36.2.rt56.1179.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.59.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.59.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.59.1.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-20934Moderate

kernel: use-after-free in show_numa_stats function

Jul 16, 2020

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.6
Vendor Advisory
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory