CVE-2019-15924

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/01ca667133d019edc9f0a1f70a272447c84ec41f exploit third party advisory patch
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 mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-15924?
CVE-2019-15924 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-15924?
To fix CVE-2019-15924, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-15924 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-15924 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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