Use After Free Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <4.12.14-150.47.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELMACROS-2738873
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Dec 2019

Introduced: 23 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19543  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-macros to version 4.12.14-150.47.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel before 5.1.6, there is a use-after-free in serial_ir_init_module() in drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c.

CVSS Base Scores

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