NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-4.19 package, versions <4.19.171-2~deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LINUX419-1073739
  • published8 Dec 2020
  • disclosed13 May 2021

Introduced: 8 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-27830  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 linux-4.19 to version 4.19.171-2~deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.19 package and not the linux-4.19 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel where in the spk_ttyio_receive_buf2() function, it would dereference spk_ttyio_synth without checking whether it is NULL or not, and may lead to a NULL-ptr deref crash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1