NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <4.12.14-25.28.1
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- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed1 Feb 2019
Introduced: 1 Feb 2019
CVE-2018-19407 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-docs to version 4.12.14-25.28.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.
The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) via crafted system calls that reach a situation where ioapic is uninitialized.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19407.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1116841
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105987
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/20/580
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3872-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/