CVE-2019-12614
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.65%• Percentile: 50%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04
- debian•linux
< 5.3.7-1 | < 5.3.7-1 | < 5.3.7-1 | < 5.3.7-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-159.187 | < 4.15.0-58.64
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1054.58
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1017.22
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1040.42
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1 | < 5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-164.192~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1018.20
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- fedoraproject•fedora
29 | 30
- linux•linux_kernel
≤ 5.1.6
- opensuse•leap
15.0 | 15.1
- redhat•enterprise_linux
7.0 | 8.0
References (25)
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/3/526
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=efa9ace68e487ddd29c2b4d6dd23242158f1f607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108550
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDURACJVGIBIYBSGDZJTRDPX46H5WPZW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBJHGQXA4PQ5EOGCOXEH3KFDNVZ2I4X7/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54337315
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54337315?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12614
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4093-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4094-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4095-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4095-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12614
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12614