Red Hat: CVE-2019-12614: null pointer dereference in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerrc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c causing denial of service (Multiple Advisories)
5
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
06/03/2019
05/14/2020
05/13/2020
03/13/2024
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).
Solution(s)
- redhat-upgrade-kernel
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