CVE-2019-15924

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. fm10k_init_module in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c has a NULL pointer dereference because there is no -ENOMEM upon an alloc_workqueue failure.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-15924
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-09-04T19:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-09-14T04:15:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.11
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/01ca667133d019edc9f0a1f70a272447c84ec41f Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.11 Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15924
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15924
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:46:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 02:15:27 2019-09-04T19:15Z 2019-09-04T19:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 02:15:27 2019-09-14T04:15:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 02:15:27 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-22 20:09:49 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-23 14:09:12 Undergoing Analysis Modified Vulnerability Status updated