CVE-2019-12614 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-12614?

CVE-2019-12614 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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).

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12614?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Opensuse Leap, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12614?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-12614 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12614 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12614, GHSA-h6wh-9428-q73r, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12614.