NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-debug package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUG-3822533
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Jun 2019

Introduced: 3 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12614  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4431.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).

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