Name | CVE-2019-12380 |
Description | **DISPUTED** An issue was discovered in the efi subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. phys_efi_set_virtual_address_map in arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c and efi_call_phys_prolog in arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c mishandle memory allocation failures. NOTE: This id is disputed as not being an issue because “All the code touched by the referenced commit runs only at boot, before any user processes are started. Therefore, there is no possibility for an unprivileged user to control it.”. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 6.11.7-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 6.11.9-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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linux | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
No security impact, all code involved runs at boot before userland starts