Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2019-12378
CVE-2019-12378
Description
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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Affected products
2- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
- Range: <= 5.1.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/108475mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/25/229mitrex_refsource_MISC
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