CVE-2019-16232NULL Pointer Dereference in Ubuntu Linux

Severity
4.1MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateOct 25

Description

drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

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 Packages4 packages

Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-208.240+1
NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.2.14
debiandebian/linux
NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, Fedora 30, 31

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
GHSA
GHSA-jhg3-62jm-f42x: drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio2022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2021-04-13
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities2020-02-19
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-02-18
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2020-02-18

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-04-13
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-02-19
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-02-18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2020-02-18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-02-18

📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
PortGPT: Towards Automated Backporting Using Large Language Models2025-10-25

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-16232 kernel: null-pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c2019-10-10
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-16232 kernel: null-pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c [fedora-all]2019-10-10