CVE-2019-13233: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.9, there is a use-after-free for access to an LDT entry because of a race condition between modify_ldt() and a #BR exception for an MPX bounds violation.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.1.9 (fixed in 5.1.9)

Published 2019-07-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.