CVE-2019-16234
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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: 0.44%• Percentile: 37%
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
16.04 | 18.04
- debian•linux
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux
< 4.4.0-178.208 | < 4.15.0-99.100
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1066.70 | < 4.4.0-1106.117 | < 4.15.0-1066.70
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
< 5.3.0-1017.18~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1066.70~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1082.92~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1082.92~16.04.1 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
< 5.3.0-1020.21~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1033.38 | all | < 4.15.0-1029.34
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1061.65 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
< 5.3.0-1018.19~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1058.61
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.0
< 5.0.0-1035.36
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.3
< 5.3.0-1018.19~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-99.100~16.04.1 | < 5.3.0-51.44~18.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1070.77 | < 4.15.0-1059.60
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-178.208~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1080.90
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1050.55
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1038.42~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1038.42
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
< 5.3.0-1016.18~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1132.141 | < 4.15.0-1061.65 | all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2-5.3
< 5.3.0-1023.25~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1136.144 | < 4.15.0-1077.84
- linux•linux_kernel
5.2.14
- opensuse•leap
15.0 | 15.1
References (16)
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4342-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4346-1/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16234
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CADJ_3a8WFrs5NouXNqS5WYe7rebFP+_A5CheeqAyD_p7DFJJcg@mail.gmail.com/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4342-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4344-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4345-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4346-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16234
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16234