CVE-2019-12614 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108550 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=efa9ace68e487ddd29c2b4d6dd23242158f1f607 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDURACJVGIBIYBSGDZJTRDPX46H5WPZW/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBJHGQXA4PQ5EOGCOXEH3KFDNVZ2I4X7/ https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/3/526 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/ https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54337315 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54337315?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.1