Vulnerability affects multiple Linux kernels

Major vulnerability affects multiple Linux kernels— CVE-2019-8912 (af_alg_release())

A major security vulnerability has been found within *many* versions of the Linux Kernel which could lead to an Arbitrary Code Execution. On a scale of 1 to 10 for severity, this flaw is being scored 9.8!

Our sysadmins monitor this very close and apply patches wherever it’s needed on all our managed services, please keep in mind that if you run a self managed server or vps with us you need to address this on your own, however you can free consolidate our support as we are always there for our clients.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8912

https://cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux-os-blog/entry/major-9-8-vulnerability-affects-multiple-linux-kernels-cve-2019-8912-af-alg-release

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19210727

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/