SB2019121108 - Denial of service in Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL
Published: December 11, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121108
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11165)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper conditions check in the Linux kernel driver. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.