Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2019-5612
CVE-2019-5612
Description
In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r351264, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p10, 11.3-STABLE before r351265, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p3, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p14, the kernel driver for /dev/midistat implements a read handler that is not thread-safe. A multi-threaded program can exploit races in the handler to copy out kernel memory outside the boundaries of midistat's data buffer.
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Affected products
2- FreeBSD/kernel driver for /dev/midistatdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:23.midi.ascmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190910-0002/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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