In the Linux kernel before 5.1.7, a device can be tracked by an attacker using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). An attack may be conducted by hosting a crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses.
CVE-2019-10638
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.6%, top 16% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 83.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 5, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (56)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109092
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- cve@mitrehttps://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.10478.pdf
- cve@mitrehttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.8
- cve@mitrehttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.7
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/55f0fc7a02de8f12757f4937143d8d5091b2e40b
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00016.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-10638(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 (4.15.0.60.81) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-5.0.0-1014-aws (5.0.0-1014.16) @ disco | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.161.169) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual (5.0.0.27.28) @ disco | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-aws-hwe (4.15.0.1047.47) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-1127.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-147.rt24.93.el8 | 2019-11-05 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-147.el8 | 2019-11-05 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2019-106382024-08-15
In the Linux kernel before 5.1.7 a device can be tracked by an attacker using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g. UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). An attack may be conducted by hosting a crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses.
- Red HatRHSA-2019:3309LOW2019-07-15
RHSA-2019:3309 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2019:3517LOW2019-07-15
RHSA-2019:3517 — Low
- UbuntuUSN-4114-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4115-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4116-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4117-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4118-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-07-22 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
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