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CVE-2019-12455

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 30, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12455
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

An issue was discovered in sunxi_divs_clk_setup in drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kstrndup of derived_name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). NOTE: This id is disputed as not being an issue because “The memory allocation that was not checked is part of a code that only runs at boot time, before user processes are started. Therefore, there is no possibility for an unprivileged user to control it, and no denial of service.”

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*5.1.5 (including)
LinuxUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
LinuxUbuntuprecise/esm*
LinuxUbuntutrusty*
LinuxUbuntutrusty/esm*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-awsUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Linux-awsUbuntutrusty*
Linux-awsUbuntutrusty/esm*
Linux-awsUbuntuupstream*
Linux-aws-hweUbuntuupstream*
Linux-azureUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Linux-azureUbuntutrusty*
Linux-azureUbuntutrusty/esm*
Linux-azureUbuntuupstream*
Linux-azure-edgeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-euclidUbuntuupstream*
Linux-euclidUbuntuxenial*
Linux-floUbuntutrusty*
Linux-floUbuntuupstream*
Linux-floUbuntuxenial*
Linux-gcpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gcp-edgeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gkeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gkeUbuntuxenial*
Linux-goldfishUbuntutrusty*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuupstream*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuxenial*
Linux-grouperUbuntutrusty*
Linux-grouperUbuntuupstream*
Linux-hweUbuntuupstream*
Linux-hwe-edgeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-kvmUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuprecise/esm*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-utopicUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-utopicUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-vividUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-vividUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-wilyUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-wilyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntutrusty/esm*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntuupstream*
Linux-maguroUbuntutrusty*
Linux-maguroUbuntuupstream*
Linux-makoUbuntutrusty*
Linux-makoUbuntuupstream*
Linux-makoUbuntuxenial*
Linux-mantaUbuntutrusty*
Linux-mantaUbuntuupstream*
Linux-oemUbuntuupstream*
Linux-oemUbuntuxenial*
Linux-oracleUbuntuupstream*
Linux-raspi2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-snapdragonUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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