CVE-2019-12615

Summary

CVECVE-2019-12615
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-03 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in get_vdev_port_node_info in arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup_const of node_info->vdev_port.name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.2 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.2 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.2 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.2 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff A700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Re: [PATCH] mdesc: fix a missing-check bug in get_vdev_port_node_info() MISC www.mail-archive.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/davem/sparc.git - David Miller's SPARC tree. MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2019-12615 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
June 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Re: [PATCH] mdesc: fix a missing-check bug in get_vdev_port_node_info() www.mail-archive.com
myF5 support.f5.com
support.f5.com/csp/article/K60924046 CONFIRM support.f5.com
support.f5.com/csp/article/K60924046 CONFIRM support.f5.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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