NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2020-11608

 

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2020-11608

Published: May 25, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28220
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11608
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in "drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c" file in "ov511_mode_init_regs and ov518_mode_init_regs". A remote authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Anolis OS
Slackware Linux
linux-4.4.227/kernel-modules
linux-4.4.227/kernel-huge
linux-4.4.227/kernel-generic
linux-4.4.227/kernel-headers
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-modules
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-modules-internal
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
perf
python3-perf
bpftool
kernel-debug-core
kernel-debug
kernel-core
kernel
python-perf

How to mitigate CVE-2020-11608

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 5.6.1
linux-4.4.227/kernel-modules - update to 4.4.227
linux-4.4.227/kernel-huge - update to 4.4.227
linux-4.4.227/kernel-generic - update to 4.4.227
linux-4.4.227/kernel-headers - update to 4.4.227_smp
kernel-debug-modules - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-debug-devel - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-debug-modules-extra - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-devel - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-headers - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-modules - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-modules-extra - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-modules-internal - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-tools - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-tools-libs - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 4.19.91-26
perf - update to 4.19.91-26
python3-perf - update to 4.19.91-26
bpftool - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-debug-core - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-debug - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel-core - update to 4.19.91-26
kernel - update to 4.19.91-26
python-perf - update to 4.19.91-26

External References

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