Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2019-16921
CVE-2019-16921
Description
In the Linux kernel before 4.17, hns_roce_alloc_ucontext in drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c does not initialize the resp data structure, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory, aka CID-df7e40425813.
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Affected products
2- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
- Range: <4.17
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References
2- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/df7e40425813c50cd252e6f5e348a81ef1acae56mitrex_refsource_MISC
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