vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-16234: ELSA-2020-5804: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 9, 2019
Added
Aug 11, 2020
Modified
Jan 23, 2025

Description

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A check was not done on the alloc_workqueue return value of the iwl_trans_pcie_alloc function potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This error condition could lead to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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