Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU92783

#VU92783 Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-16231

Published: September 11, 2019 / Updated: May 4, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU92783

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16231

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel

Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

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