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CVE-2019-16231

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Date: September 11, 2019

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.1

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16231

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00035.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16231

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16231

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-16231

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00039.html

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-16231

Severity Score

4.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v5.4-rc6

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.1
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	HIGH
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.7
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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