Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-15090
Published: September 3, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20812
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15090
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in the QLogic QEDI iSCSI Initiator Driver due to a boundary condition in "drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_dbg.c". A local authenticated user can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15090
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.12
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c09581a52765a85f19fc35340127396d5e3379cc
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c09581a52765a85f19fc35340127396d5e3379cc
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/