VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-12378
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-05-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in ip6_ra_control in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kmalloc of new_ra, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash). NOTE: This has been disputed as not an issue
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory