CVE-2019-12614 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
4.1MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8OSV6.8OSV3.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 3
Latest updateMay 24
Description
An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.5 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0, Fedora 29, 30
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
6GHSA▶
GHSA-h6wh-9428-q73r: An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
linux, linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2019-08-13
OSV▶
linux, linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2019-08-13
📋Vendor Advisories
6Red Hat▶
kernel: null pointer dereference in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerrc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c causing denial of service↗2019-06-03