CVE-2019-16230

Description

drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: A third-party software maintainer states that the work queue allocation is happening during device initialization, which for a graphics card occurs during boot. It is not attacker controllable and OOM at that time is highly unlikely

Category

4.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Third-Party Advisory suse.com Third-Party Advisory lkml.org Third-Party Advisory netapp.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/9/487 third party advisory patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ third party advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150468 issue tracking third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-16230?
CVE-2019-16230 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-16230?
To fix CVE-2019-16230, 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-2019-16230 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-16230 is being actively exploited. 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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