Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-19462
Published: November 30, 2019 / Updated: January 29, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92776
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19462
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel through 5.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-19462
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191129013745.7168-1-dja@axtens.net/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0004/
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=e4265490d26d6c01cd9bc79dc915ef0a1bf15046
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f4d1cb4330bd3ddf4a628332b4285407b2eedd7b
- https://syzkaller-ppc64.appspot.com/bug?id=1c09906c83a8ea811a9e318c2a4f8e243becc6f8
- https://syzkaller-ppc64.appspot.com/bug?id=b05b4d005191cc375cdf848c3d4d980308d50531
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4414-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4425-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699