An issue was discovered in ip6_ra_control in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kmalloc of new_ra, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). NOTE: This has been disputed as not an issue
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21 Nov 2024, 04:22
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References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108475 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=95baa60a0da80a0143e3ddd4d3725758b4513825 - Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI/ - | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE/ - | |
References | () https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/25/229 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
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Summary | An issue was discovered in ip6_ra_control in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kmalloc of new_ra, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). NOTE: This has been disputed as not an issue |
Information
Published : 2019-05-28 03:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 04:22
NVD link : CVE-2019-12378
Mitre link : CVE-2019-12378
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-12378
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference