Name | CVE-2019-12614 |
Description | An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). |
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 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.10.11-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.2-1 | fixed |
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 | stretch | 4.9.210-1 | | | |
linux | source | buster | 4.19.98-1 | | | |
linux | source | (unstable) | 5.3.7-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/3/526
This is a potential null pointer dereference that looks like it can
only be invoked by root or the hypervisor. Probably no security impact.