CVE-2019-20054 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.0.6 there is a NULL pointer dereference in drop_sysctl_table() in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c related to put_links aka CID-23da9588037e.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.11 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.6 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23da9588037ecdd4901db76a5b79a42b529c4ec3 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=89189557b47b35683a27c80ee78aef18248eefb4 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/

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