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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-20054: kernel: Null pointer dereference in drop_sysctl_table() in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-20054: kernel: Null pointer dereference in drop_sysctl_table() in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/28/2019
Created
03/13/2021
Added
03/12/2021
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.0.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drop_sysctl_table() in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c, related to put_links, aka CID-23da9588037e.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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