CVE-2019-12615 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Linux KernelNetapp Active IQ Unified Manager
Timeline
PublishedJun 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup_const of node_info->vdev_port.name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.12.1 — 4.14.130+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.2.6-1+3

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gj2v-jr84-7j79: An issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-12615: An issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc↗2019-06-03
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CVEList
CVE-2019-12615: An issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc↗2019-06-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: null pointer dereference in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch /sparc/kernel/mdesc.c↗2019-06-02
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Debian
CVE-2019-12615: linux - An issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c ...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12615 kernel: null pointer dereference in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch /sparc/kernel/mdesc.c↗2019-06-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12614 CVE-2019-12615 kernel: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2019-06-07
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