CVE-2019-15924 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. fm10k_init_module in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c has a NULL pointer dereference because there is no -ENOMEM upon an alloc_workqueue failure.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.11 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/01ca667133d019edc9f0a1f70a272447c84ec41f https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5