NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <4.12.14-197.34.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDEVEL-3254837
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Mar 2020

Introduced: 2 Mar 2020

CVE-2019-19965  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-devel to version 4.12.14-197.34.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel through 5.4.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c because of mishandling of port disconnection during discovery, related to a PHY down race condition, aka CID-f70267f379b5.

CVSS Scores

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