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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting reiserfs-kmp-default package, versions <4.12.14-25.28.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-REISERFSKMPDEFAULT-2758021
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Feb 2019
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Introduced: 1 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-19407  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 reiserfs-kmp-default to version 4.12.14-25.28.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reiserfs-kmp-default package and not the reiserfs-kmp-default 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.