CVE-2019-12819

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's MDIO section of the network management subsystem. An attacker who is able to hot-plug a network device can trigger the __mdiobus_register() function in drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c, which can cause a use-after-free condition causing a memory corruption and kernel panic or privilege escalation.

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