Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: NULL pointer dereference via get_vdev_port_node_info
June 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Linux.
– Severity: 1/4.
– Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 04/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a NULL pointer to be dereferenced via
get_vdev_port_node_info() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger
a denial of service.
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