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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-12984): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-12984): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/26/2019
Created
08/15/2019
Added
08/14/2019
Modified
01/23/2025

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function nfc_genl_deactivate_target() in net/nfc/netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.13 can be triggered by a malicious user-mode program that omits certain NFC attributes, leading to denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1021-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1040-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1040-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1042-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1043-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1047-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1050-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1055-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1060-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-58-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-58-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-58-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1013-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1013-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1014-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1014-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1014-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1018-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-25-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-25-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-25-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-hwe
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-4-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04

References

  • https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2019-12984
  • CVE - 2019-12984
  • DSA-4495
  • CVE-2019-12984
  • USN-3821-1
  • USN-3821-2
  • USN-3879-1
  • USN-3879-2
  • USN-3910-1
  • USN-3910-2
  • USN-3932-1
  • USN-3932-2
  • USN-4005-1
  • USN-4008-1
  • USN-4008-3
  • USN-4068-1
  • USN-4068-2
  • USN-4069-1
  • USN-4069-2
  • USN-4076-1
  • USN-4093-1
  • USN-4094-1
  • USN-4095-1
  • USN-4095-2
  • USN-4114-1
  • USN-4115-1
  • USN-4116-1
  • USN-4117-1
  • USN-4118-1
  • USN-4145-1
  • USN-4147-1
  • USN-4211-1
  • USN-4211-2
  • USN-4286-1
  • USN-4286-2
  • USN-4351-1
  • USN-4708-1
  • USN-4709-1
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