NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-1336352
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 29 Nov 2019
Introduced: 29 Nov 2019
CVE-2019-19462 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel through 5.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0004/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19462
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191129013745.7168-1-dja@axtens.net/
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=e4265490d26d6c01cd9bc79dc915ef0a1bf15046
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f4d1cb4330bd3ddf4a628332b4285407b2eedd7b
- https://syzkaller-ppc64.appspot.com/bug?id=1c09906c83a8ea811a9e318c2a4f8e243becc6f8
- https://syzkaller-ppc64.appspot.com/bug?id=b05b4d005191cc375cdf848c3d4d980308d50531
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4414-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4425-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191129013745.7168-1-dja%40axtens.net/
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