CVE-2019-19462 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local users can cause a denial of service in the Linux kernel by triggering a NULL pointer dereference in relay_open.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-19462?

CVE-2019-19462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel through 5.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19462?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Hci Compute Node, Netapp Hci Management Node and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19462?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-19462 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19462 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19462, GHSA-87g6-m6v4-rm4w, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19462.

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