CVE-2019-16231 Information

Description

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.

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/2019-11/msg00035.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00039.html https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/

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