NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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0.14% (51st
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-1332593
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 19 Aug 2019
Introduced: 19 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-15217 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-doc.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c driver.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15217
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d2e73a5f80a5b5aff3caf1ec6d39b5b3f54b26e
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=9c0c178c24d828a7378f483309001329750aad64
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4060
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4062
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4302-1/
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