NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.el8
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0.07% (34th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-2038637
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 9 Sep 2019
Introduced: 9 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-16234 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-193.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16234
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1769
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4342-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4346-1/
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