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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-11884: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-11884: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/10/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

The do_hidp_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.0.15 allows a local user to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a HIDPCONNADD command, because a name field may not end with a '\0' character.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

  • 108299
  • DSA-4465
  • CVE-2019-11884
  • RHSA-2019:3309
  • RHSA-2019:3517
  • RHSA-2020:0740

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